Not Making Headlines: Border Apprehensions at Northern Border Continues to Escalate

One hot topic that is NOT getting enough attention during the ongoing border crisis is the US northern border apprehension rates.

The data below includes deportable aliens only* what constitutes “deportable only”, how much of the total proportion does this represent?

2007

Southern Border – 800,634 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 858,639 apprehensions

Northern Border-  3,000 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 6,378 apprehensions.  Yes, around 50% of apprehensions on US Canada Border were Mexican.

 

2008

Southern Border 653035 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 705,005  apprehensions

Northern Border- 4244 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 7,925 apprehensions

 

2009

Southern Border-  495582 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 540865 apprehensions

Northern Border- 4244 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 6806 apprehensions

 

2010

Southern Border- 396819 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 447731  apprehensions

Northern Border- 3766 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 7431 apprehensions

 

2011

Southern Border- 280580 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 327577

Northern Border- 3145 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 6,123

 

2012

Southern Border- 262,431 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 356,873

Northern Border- 2306 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 4,210

 

2013

Southern Border- 265,409 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 414,397

Northern Border- 1672 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 3,230

 

2014

Southern Border- 226,771 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 479,371

Northern Border- 1,665 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 3,338

 

2015

Southern Border- 186,017 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 331,333.  (56,691 from Guatemala, 43,392 from El Salvador, 33445 from Honduras)

Northern Border- 1437 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 2,626.  (214 from Guatemala, 132 from Honduras)

 

2016

Southern Border- 190,760 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 408,870.  (74, 601 from Guatemala, 71,848 from El Salvador, 52,952 from Honduras)

Northern Border- 1196 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 2283.  (241, 122 from Guatemala and Honduras respectively)

 

2017

Southern Border- 127,938 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 303,916.  (49,760 from El Salvador, 65,871 from Guatemala, 47,260 from Honduras)

Northern Border- 1,489 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 3,027.  (274 from Guatemala, 186 from Honduras)

 

2018

Southern Border- 152,257 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 396,579.    115,772 from Guatemala, 76, 513 from Honduras,

Northern Border- 2,245 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 4316 (445 from Guatemala, 244 from Honduras, 127 from El Salvador)

 

2019

Southern Border- 166,458 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 851,508. (264,168 from Guatemala, 253,795 from Honduras, 89,881 from El Salvador)

Northern Border- 2,101 Mexicans apprehended, out of a total of 4,408.  (322 from Guatemala, 212 from Honduras)

 

In 2015 it got as low as 186,017 apprehensions were Mexican out of 331,333 on the southern border with steady increases in citizens from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras occurring over the last decade and a half.  This same trend is true for the northern border, just to a lesser proportion.  2019 was just crazy

CANADIAN CITIZENS CONSISTENTLY MAKE UP AROUND 10% OF APPREHENDED INDIVIDUALS ON NORTHERN BORDER.

In May 2020 The Border Report discussed the rising numbers of illegals crossing into the United States on its northern border.

The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing from Canada into the United States along its northern border has nearly tripled over the past three years, and a growing portion are Mexican citizens, according to federal data.

One Mexican man who crossed illegally to work on a Vermont dairy farm said it was easier than trying the southern border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics obtained by The Associated Press after a public records request provide new detail on what was apparent anecdotally: Along the border from Maine to Washington, 446 of the 1,586 illegal crossers apprehended in the 2019 fiscal year were Mexican, or 28%. That’s up from 20 of 558, or just 3.6%, in 2016.

The numbers also increased for Romanians — many identified as ethnic Roma — and other nationalities, such as Haitians and Indians. Those tallies don’t include apprehensions for reasons other than illegal crossings, such as overstaying visas.