United States — Border encounters (US southwest border)
Encounters of migrants at the US southwest land border, per month: Border Patrol apprehensions between ports of entry plus persons found inadmissible at ports of entry (Office of Field Operations), Title 8 and Title 42. An encounter is an event, not a person: someone caught several times is counted several times. Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Nationwide Encounters.
36.9K
Q3 2026
+26.5 %vs Q3 2025
min 29.2K Q3 2025max 785.3K Q4 2023
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Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Data Q3 2026
