short readsNov 4, 2020 After surging in 2019, migrant apprehensions at U.S.-Mexico border fell sharply in fiscal 2020 U.S. Border Patrol agents expelled or apprehended 15,862 migrants at the southwest border in April, down 47% from March.
short readsDec 16, 2016 U.S. immigrant deportations fall to lowest level since 2007 The Obama administration deported 333,341 unauthorized immigrants in the 2015 fiscal year, a decline of about 81,000 (or 20%) from the prior year.
short readsAug 31, 2016 U.S. immigrant deportations declined in 2014, but remain near record high The Obama administration deported 414,481 unauthorized immigrants in fiscal 2014, a drop from the prior year driven by a decline in deportations of immigrants with a criminal conviction.
short readsApr 14, 2016 Apprehensions of Mexican migrants at U.S. borders reach near-historic low This change comes after a period in which net migration of Mexicans to the U.S. had fallen to lows not seen since the 1940s.
short readsDec 30, 2014 U.S. border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows For the first time on record, more non-Mexicans than Mexicans were apprehended at U.S. borders in 2014 by the Customs and Border Patrol.