What New Border Patrol Statistics Reveal about Changing Migration to the United States

By Adam Isacson, Washington Office on Latin America

This week, the U.S. Border Patrol released statistics about its activities in 2013, including its apprehensions of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. This allowed WOLA to update its own monitoring of trends along the border, like those illustrated in the graphics below. Click on each to expand its size.


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1. Despite an increase in apprehended migrants in 2013, the flow of undocumented individuals into the United States remains near its lowest levels of the past 40 years. The 414,397 people Border Patrol reports apprehending along the U.S.-Mexico border last year is a 14 percent increase over 2012, indicative mainly of stronger U.S. economic growth. But it is still below the 447,731 apprehensions registered in 2010.

Click HERE to read the full report.

[Phtoto by CBP Photography]

 

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