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Southwest border encounters

Name: Southwest border encounters
Creator: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Nationwide Encounters data

U.S. Customs and Border Protection encounters at the Southwest land border in a month: Border Patrol apprehensions and expulsions between ports of entry plus Office of Field Operations inadmissibles at ports of entry.

Latest (September 2026)11,964Encounters per month

A year earlier (September 2025)11,647+2.7% from a year earlier

High since October 2019301,981December 2023

Low since October 20197,822July 2025

Southwest border encounters

Encounters per month. Monthly data.

The last 24 months

Month	Value	Change
September 2026	11,964	-282
August 2026	12,246	-486
July 2026	12,732	-172
June 2026	12,904	-640
May 2026	13,544	+685
April 2026	12,859	+1,123
March 2026	11,736	+2,123
February 2026	9,613	-117
January 2026	9,730	-262
December 2025	9,992	-968
November 2025	10,960	-743
October 2025	11,703	+56
September 2025	11,647	+1,916
August 2025	9,731	+1,909
July 2025	7,822	-1,478
June 2025	9,300	-3,150
May 2025	12,450	+427
April 2025	12,023	+1,012
March 2025	11,011	-699
February 2025	11,710	-49,735
January 2025	61,445	-34,588
December 2024	96,033	+1,850
November 2024	94,183	-12,133
October 2024	106,316	+4,526

Sources: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Nationwide Encounters data, CBP, Southwest Land Border Encounters. Updated November 9, 2026. Latest figure: September 2026. Figures are as published and may be revised by the source.

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