A record number of migrant encounters occurred at the southern border in the month of September, data released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found. There were a total of 269,735 ...

On the Southwest Border, there were 1.73 million encounters in fiscal year 2021. Fiscal year 2022 already exceeds 2021's level: there were 1.95 million enforcement actions from October to July.

The new record is making headlines across the country, 1.7 million migrants arrested by the Border Patrol along the US-Mexico border in the last fiscal year which ended in September.

DHS estimates the number of "got aways" based on Border Patrol agents’ observations, what they hear from other immigrants who were apprehended, footprints, cameras and sensors.

In all, 207,416 migrant encounters were recorded in June, according to US Customs and Border Protection, for a total of 1,746,119 stops along the southern border since Oct. 1 — the most the ...

A record number of migrants were unaccompanied minors crossing the border without a parent or a legal guardian. That number nearly reached 19,000, a high mark for such solo journeys. The year 2000 ...

Last month Border Patrol agents apprehended 3,129 children, mostly from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. In July agents found more than 5,400 children, while in June the number was more than ...

A Border Patrol officer holds a baby as he helps a migrant to go down after they jump the border fence to get into the U.S. side to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018.

A record-high number of migrants were caught trying to illegally enter the US in the past year. Unaccompanied minors accounted for 147,000 of the 1.7 million total recorded by border officials.