CBP Reports It Apprehended 132,887 Migrants on Southwest Border in May

Jun 5, 2019
4:34 PM

A new media release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published on Wednesday said that “in May, 132,887 people were apprehended between ports of entry on the Southwest Border, compared with 99,304 in the month of April and 92,840 in March.”

Of those 132,887 apprehensions, 84,542 (63.6%) were family units and 11,507 (8.7%) were unaccompanied minors, while 27.7% of apprehensions were 36,838 single adults.

According to CBP, the total number of apprehensions in FY19 YTD are at 593,507, of which 389,259 were either family units or unaccompanied minors, accounting for 65.6% of all apprehensions.

“In FY18, a total of 396,579 individuals were apprehended between ports of entry on our Southwest Border,” the CBP release said.

A CBP apprehension is defined as “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.”

The report also listed how the number of inadmissables at the border.

“In May, 11,391 people presenting themselves at ports of entry on the Southwest Border were deemed inadmissible, compared with 10,170 in the month of April and 10,889 in March. In FY18, 124,511 people presenting themselves at ports of entry on the Southwest Border were deemed inadmissible,” CBP stated.

“OFO inadmissibility metrics include: 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,” the agency added.

CBP defines “inadmissibles” as “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.”

A combined chart of apprehensions and inadmissables for May and previous charts was shared by CBP as well. Based on this data, it would be the highest number in 10 years.

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story said CBP had apprehended 132,887. The correct number was 132,888.