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CBP Enforcement Statistics Fiscal Year 2020

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the nation’s largest federal law enforcement agency charged with securing the nation’s borders and facilitating international travel and trade. Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.

At the nation’s more than 300 ports of entry, CBP officers have a complex mission with broad law enforcement authorities tied to screening all foreign visitors, returning American citizens and imported cargo that enters the U.S. Along the nation’s borders, the United States Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations are the uniformed law enforcement arms of CBP responsible for securing U.S. borders between ports of entry.

The following is a summary of CBP enforcement actions related to inadmissibles, apprehensions, arrests of individuals with criminal convictions and individuals who have been apprehended multiple times crossing the border illegally.

Visit CBP's Southwest Border Migration page for demographic information regarding apprehensions and inadmissibles on the southwest border and the Use of Force page for use-of-force statistics and case summaries.
 

Total CBP Enforcement Actions

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Office of Field Operations  and U.S. Border Patrol Enforcement Actions FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Office of Field Operations (OFO)
Total Encounters1 216,370 281,881 288,523 241,786
U.S. Border Patrol
Total Encounters2 310,531 404,142 859,501 405,036
Total Enforcement Actions 526,901 683,178 1,148,024 646,822

1 Beginning in March FY20, OFO Encounters statistics include both Title 8 Inadmissibles and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics.

Inadmissibles refers to individuals encountered at ports of entry who are seeking lawful admission into the United States but are determined to be inadmissible, individuals presenting themselves to seek humanitarian protection under our laws, and individuals who withdraw an application for admission and return to their countries of origin within a short timeframe.

2 Beginning in March FY20, USBP Encounters statistics include both Title 8 Apprehensions and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics.
Apprehensions refers to the physical control or temporary detainment of a person who is not lawfully in the U.S. which may or may not result in an arrest.
 

Search and Rescue Efforts3

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year 2019 and Fiscal Year 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

U.S. Border Patrol Search and Rescue Efforts FY19 FY20
U.S. Border Patrol - Southwest Border Only 4,920 5,071

 

Air and Marine Operations Search and Rescue Efforts FY19 FY20
Air and Marine Operations - Nationwide 377 184

3CBP agents frequently conduct life-saving efforts, while carrying out their respective missions.

Arrests of Individuals with Criminal Convictions or Those Wanted by Law Enforcement

Numbers below reflect FY 2017 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Office of Field Operations and U.S. Border Patrol FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Office of Field Operations        
Criminal Aliens3 Encountered 10,596 11,623 12,705 7,009
NCIC4 Arrests 7,656 5,929 8,546 7,108
U.S. Border Patrol        
Criminal Aliens3 Encountered 8,531 6,698 4,269 2,438
Criminal Aliens with Outstanding Wants or Warrants 2,675 1,550 4,153 2,054

Criminal Aliens refers to aliens who have been convicted of crime, whether in the United States or abroad, so long as the conviction is for conduct which is deemed criminal by the United States. Criminal aliens encountered at ports of entry are inadmissible, absent extenuating circumstances, and represent a subset of total OFO inadmissibles. U.S. Border Patrol arrests of criminal aliens are a subset of total apprehensions. See U.S. Border Patrol Criminal Alien Statistics for a breakdown of criminal alien stats by type of conviction.
 

NCIC (National Crime Information Center) arrests refers to the number of CBP arrests of individuals, including U.S. citizens, who are wanted by other law enforcement agencies.

Office of Field Operations Nationwide Currency Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2015 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Office of Field Operations Nationwide Currency FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Amount (USD) $75,964,824 $62,101,328 $65,002,856 $63,691,464 $68,879,080 $93,302,645

Nationwide Monthly Office of Field Operations Currency Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2018 - FY19 and FY20 To Date (TD).

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Monthly Office of Field Operations FY18 FY19 FY20
October $6,198,201 $4,190,389 $4,782,909
November $4,303,600 $4,360,441 $5,426,672
December $4,907,494 $4,415,486 $7,143,022
January $5,194,829 $7,836,948 $4,209,230
February $4,604,973 $5,574,578 $4,058,508
March $4,894,285 $5,581,107 $5,615,991
April $13,424,674 $13,733,814 $8,097,239
May $4,024,325 $4,739,178 $3,920,587
June $3,168,422 $4,607,755 $3,248,196
July $4,503,412 $4,439,385 $6,195,526
August $4,249,027 $5,442,547 $36,355,753
September $4,218,223 $3,957,451 $7,372,288
Total $63,691,464 $68,879,080 $96,425,920

U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Currency Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2015 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Currency FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Amount (USD) $4,741,288 $7,924,537 $5,869,004 $7,176,142 $6,805,695 $8,933,512

Monthly U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Checkpoint Currency Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2018 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Monthly U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Checkpoint  FY18 FY19 FY20 TD
October  $35,829 $49,247 $33,558
November $26,285 $51,269 $114,297
December $2,822 $63,697 $156,961
January $203,213 $59,857 $52,649
February $117,933 $103,982 $84,475
March $157,669 $110,924 $36,301
April $17,913 $15,016 $49,559
May $256,033 $129,766 $691,640
June $31,494 $119,732 $511,781
July  $14,339 $86,696 $159,504
August $169,592 $141,475 $275,751
September $80,358 $33,487 $124,274
Total $1,113,480 $965,148 $2,290,750

 

Drug Seizures FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19 FY20
Cocaine 4,554 11,220 5,473 9,346 6,550 11,682 15,360
Heroin 606 518 566 953 568 808 546
Marijuana 1,922,545 1,538,307 1,294,052 861,231 461,030 266,882 257,440
Methamphetamine 3,930 6,443 8,224 10,328 11,314 14,434 20,795
Fentanyl  n/a n/a 105 181 388 226 809
Drug Seizures FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19 FY20
Cocaine 45,323 38,346 52,838 62,415 51,592 89,485 42,645
Heroin 4,356 6,023 4,224 3,398 5,205 5,417   5,222
Marijuana 438,146 602,821 516,122 366,627 299.419 289,517  324,973
Methamphetamine5 19,613 25,495 33,086 46,247 57,440 127,497  156,901
Fentanyl  n/a 70 596 1,875 1,895 2,575   3,967

Office of Field Operations Nationwide Drug Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2014 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

*weights are in pounds (lb)

5As of 01 October 2019, category includes both Methamphetamine and Crystal Methamphetamine.
 

Monthly Office of Field Operations Nationwide Drug Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY20.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Monthly Marijuana Cocaine Heroin Methamphetamine5 Fentanyl Other
October 17,037 6,249 422 13,618 248 5,013
November 37,943 2,682 526 10,665 189 6,714
December 31,129 3,610 383 16,658 103 8,691
January 18,912 1,562 241 9,169 94 7,283
February 8,790 5,754 361 12,542 228 9,790
March 23,075 1,252 307 8,907 216 85,543
April 17,221 1,248 306 7,816 239 5,438
May 32,475 2,601 350 13,497 220 8,215
June 69,926 4,368 517 11,051 604 11,992
July 16,288 4,417 636 14,289 712 15,710
August 41,096 3,642 598 23,590 453 22,184
September 11,080 5,261 575 15,097 662 42,911

*weights are in pounds (lb)

5As of 01 October 2019, category includes both Methamphetamine and Crystal Methamphetamine.
 

U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Drug Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY 2014 - FY 2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

*weights are in pounds (lb)
 

Monthly U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Checkpoint Drug Seizures

Numbers below reflect FY2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Drug Seizures Marijuana Cocaine Heroin Methamphetamine Fentanyl Other
October 2,431 462 22 2,313 35 109
November 3,662 311 69 493 36 100
December 3,066 177 21 383 6 2
January 925 126 87 963 9 63
February 3,351 156 11 815 14 2
March 2,323 229 9 367 35 9
April 2,057 119 3 756 32 264
May 2,785 193 10 759 18 20
June 1,172 380 27 655 61 12
July 4,997 172 20 876 35 16
August 1,808 313 33 2,438 22 16
September 2,251 291 45 1,197 102 51

*weights are in pounds (lb)

See Air and Marine Operations Statistics Fiscal Year 2020 for a breakdown of enforcement actions with non-CBP agencies.

U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Apprehensions by Gang Affiliation

Numbers below reflect FY 2015 - FY2020.

Fiscal Year 2020 runs October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2020.

Gang Affiliation FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
107th St 0 0 0 1 0 0
18th Street 84 47 61 145 168 36
Angelino Heights Sureno 13 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bandidos 0 4 0 0 0 0
Barrio Azteca 6 0 3 4 0 1
Barrio Van Nuys 0 0 0 0 1 0
Border Brothers 0 0 0 1 1 0
Brown Pride 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chirizos 0 0 0 1 0 0
Folk Nation 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hard Times 13 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hells Angels 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos (HPL) 2 18 3 2 2 2
Latin Kings 16 0 6 7 24 4
Locos Surenos Trece 0 1 0 1  0 0
Los Traviosos 0 0 0 0 1 0
Los Zetas 0 1 0 0 0 0
MS-13 335 253 228 413 464 72
Mara 18 0 0 0 1 2 1
Mara-R 0 0 1 1 0 0
Maravilla Salva Trucha 0 1 0 2 0 1
Market Street 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mexican Mafia 4 6 4 3 7 2
Mexicles 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexikanemi 2 0 3 0 0 0
Nortenos 14 5 6 5 6 1
Other 154 136 90 82 110 75
Outlaws 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paisas 73 119 53 62 90 93
Partido Revolucionario Mexican (PRM) 0 0 0 0 1 0
Playboys 0 1 0 0 0 1
San Fernando Valley Gang 0 0 0 0 1 0
South Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0
Southwest Cholos 0 0 0 0 1 0
Surenos (sur-13) 140 90 66 66 70 66
Tango Blast 14 16 8 8 20 7
Texas Syndicate 0 3 1 1 3 0
Tortilla Flats 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vallucos 0 0 0 0 1 0
Vilanos-13 0 0 0 1 0 0
West Park 0 0 1 0 0 0
Westside         1 0
Zetas 0 0 1 1 0
Total 844 702 536 808 976 363

Recidivism percentages are updated at the end of each fiscal year.

Recidivism Percentages FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19
Recidivism5 14% 14% 12% 10% 11% 7%

5Recidivism refers to percentage of individuals apprehended more than one time by the Border Patrol within a fiscal year.

Last Modified: Jun 04, 2024