U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) apprehended a total of 414,397 illegal immigrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at and between ports of entry in FY 2013, a fourteen percent increase from the previous year.
About 57 percent (235,567) of all 2013 southwest border apprehensions occurred in Texas. That means that an estimated six out of every ten illegal immigrants arrested along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2013 were apprehended in Texas, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed in a press release last Friday announcing the agency’s FY 2013 apprehensions.
Included in the 2013 southwest border arrest figure are 102,607 “inadmissible aliens” that Border Patrol agents prevented from entering the country. Those illegal immigrants were deemed inadmissible on grounds that include “immigration violations, criminal and national security-related reasons,” CBP explained.
Inadmissible illegals made up roughly one quarter of all Border Patrol arrests along the southwest border last year.
CBP also noted that apprehensions of other-than-Mexican illegal aliens increased by 55 percent in 2013.
“While Border Patrol apprehensions of Mexicans in FY 2013 remained largely unchanged from FY2012, apprehensions of individuals from countries other than Mexico, predominately individuals from Central America, increased by 55 percent,” noted CBP in its apprehensions announcement.
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