Year | Number |
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1925 | 22,199 |
1926 | 12,735 |
1927 | 16,393 |
1928 | 23,566 |
1929 | 32,711 |
1930 | 20,880 |
1931 | 22,276 |
1932 | 22,735 |
1933 | 20,949 |
1934 | 10,319 |
1935 | 11,016 |
1936 | 11,728 |
1937 | 13,054 |
1938 | 12,851 |
1939 | 12,037 |
1940 | 10,492 |
1941 | 11,294 |
1942 | 11,784 |
1943 | 11,175 |
1944 | 31,174 |
1945 | 69,164 |
1946 | 99,591 |
1947 | 193,657 |
1948 | 192,779 |
1949 | 288,253 |
1950 | 468,339 |
1951 | 509,040 |
1952 [1] | 543,535 |
1953 | 885,587 |
1954 | 1,089,583 |
1955 | 254,096 |
1956 | 87,696 |
1957 | 59,918 |
1958 | 53,474 |
1959 | 45,336 |
1960 | 70,684 |
1961 | 88,823 |
1962 | 92,758 |
1963 | 88,712 |
1964 | 86,597 |
1965 | 110,371 |
1966 | 138,520 |
1967 | 161,608 |
1968 | 212,057 |
1969 | 283,557 |
1970 | 345,353 |
1971 | 420,126 |
1972 | 505,949 |
1973 | 655,968 |
1974 | 788,145 |
1975 | 766,600 |
1976 [2] | 1,097,739 |
1977 | 1,042,215 |
1978 | 1,057,977 |
1979 | 1,076,418 |
1980 | 910,361 |
1981 | 975,780 |
1982 | 970,246 |
1983 | 1,251,357 |
1984 | 1,246,981 |
1985 | 1,348,749 |
1986 | 1,767,400 |
1987 | 1,190,488 |
1988 | 1,008,145 |
1989 | 954,243 |
1990 | 1,169,939 |
1991 | 1,197,875 |
1992 | 1,258,481 |
1993 | 1,327,261 |
1994 | 1,094,719 |
1995 | 1,394,554 |
1996 | 1,649,986 |
1997 | 1,536,520 |
1998 | 1,679,439 |
1999 | 1,714,035 |
2000 | 1,814,729 |
2001 | 1,387,486 |
2002 | 1,062,270 |
2003 | 1,046,422 |
2004 | 1,264,232 |
2005 | 1,291,065 |
2006 [3] | 1,206,408 |
2007 | 960,673 |
2008 [4] | 1,043,759 |
2009 | 889,212 |
2010 | 796,587 |
2011 | 678,606 |
2012 [5] | 795,735 |
2013 | 786,223 |
2014 | 805,334 |
2015 | 596,560 |
2016 [6] | 683,782 |
2017 | 607,677 |
2018 | 739,486 |
2019 | 1,175,841 |
2020 [7] | 609,265 |
2021 | 1,865,379 |
2022 | 2,584,220 |
Footnotes
Source: Office of Homeland Security Statistics.
- Prior to 1952, data are limited to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) apprehensions; beginning in 1952, data also include Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) administrative arrests. ↩ Back
- Includes the 15 months from July 1, 1975 to September 30, 1976 because the end date of fiscal years was changed from June 30 to September 30. ↩ Back
- Beginning in 2006, data also include arrests of fugitive and nonfugitive aliens under the National Fugitive Operations Program of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). ↩ Back
- Beginning in 2008, data also include all administrative arrests conducted by ICE ERO. ↩ Back
- Beginning in 2012, data also include enforcement encounters by CBP Office of Field Operations (OFO), reflecting attempted unlawful entries into the United States. ↩ Back
- Prior to 2016 reporting methodology limits data to one ERO administrative arrest for a single person on a single day; beginning in 2016 the reporting methodology was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting, which may include multiple arrests on a single day. ↩ Back
- Beginning in 2020, data include CBP encounters resulting in expulsions on public health grounds under U.S. Code Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↩ Back