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Immigration & the border

Last checked against the agencies' own services on Oct 8, 2026. Each figure is only as new as the agency that publishes it — the FBI's crime tables run about a year behind, the jobs numbers about a month.

Nationwide encounters

July 2026
33,799 encounters
up +37.5% vs July 2025
Aug 2024Jul 2026

Everyone stopped by CBP nationwide in the month — Border Patrol apprehensions between ports of entry plus people found inadmissible at ports of entry, on every border and at airports. One person stopped twice counts twice.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection →
Every figure behind this line (24)
Periodencounters
Jul 202633799
Jun 202631622
May 202632823
Apr 202631358
Mar 202631461
Feb 202626979
Jan 202634630
Dec 202530710
Nov 202530423
Oct 202530635
Sep 202526002
Aug 202526162
Jul 202524589
Jun 202525185
May 202529470
Apr 202529197
Mar 202529013
Feb 202528613
Jan 202581479
Dec 2024124482
Nov 2024124972
Oct 2024142742
Sep 2024144666
Aug 2024158893

Southwest border apprehensions

July 2026
9,295 encounters
up +102.4% vs July 2025
Aug 2024Jul 2026

People apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol between ports of entry on the southwest land border. This is the figure usually meant by “border crossings”.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection →
Every figure behind this line (24)
Periodencounters
Jul 20269295
Jun 20269855
May 202610007
Apr 20268964
Mar 20268269
Feb 20266599
Jan 20266076
Dec 20256476
Nov 20257353
Oct 20257988
Sep 20258386
Aug 20256317
Jul 20254592
Jun 20256066
May 20258724
Apr 20258376
Mar 20257179
Feb 20258349
Jan 202529105
Dec 202447320
Nov 202446609
Oct 202456515
Sep 202453858
Aug 202458009

Encounters so far in FY2026

1 October 2025 onward
314,440 encounters
FY2023FY2025

Every CBP encounter recorded since the federal fiscal year began on 1 October. Not comparable with a full prior year until the year ends.

Full FY2025
691,906
U.S. Customs and Border Protection →
Every figure behind this line (3)
Periodencounters
FY2025691906
FY20242901142
FY20233201144
Where this comes from

Encounters recorded by CBP officers and Border Patrol agents. An encounter is an event, not a person: someone stopped twice in a month appears twice.

Read from CBP's own monthly file: https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/nationwide-encounters-fy23-fy26-jul-aor.csv

Every figure on this page was read from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Record does not adjust, weight or re-base any of it. U.S. Customs and Border Protection →