Post by code3 on Jan 5, 2017 8:58:51 GMT -6
www.themonitor.com/news/local/dhs-releases-end-of-year-immigration-statistics/article_10917042-cef4-11e6-bc3e-bf1bb1c2bc1a.html
Apprehension numbers released for fiscal year 2016:
In FY2016 Border Patrol made about 416,000 apprehensions, including nearly 409,000 at the U.S.-Mexico border. This number is down 75 percent compared to the number of apprehension in FY2000 and down 15 percent from FY2014, but up 23 percent from FY2015, according to DHS officials.
In FY2015, Border Patrol reported 331,333 apprehensions across the entire southwest border. Apprehensions have not dipped under the 300,000 mark since 1973.
In FY2014, during the surge of unaccompanied minors that brought national attention to the Rio Grande Valley, Border Patrol reported 479,371 apprehensions, a 13-percent increase compared to FY2013 and a 26 percent increase compared to FY2012.
More than half of the people apprehended in the RGV sector in FY2016 were parents with children, or children who crossed the Rio Grande by themselves, CBP data shows.
“The rise in these non-traditional border apprehensions means that fewer aliens are evading detection but those who are apprehended impose a much greater burden on CBP and ICE resources,” Rosenblum said. “Because almost all of them go through an extended immigration hearing process rather than being quickly removed or returned to their countries of origin.”
The cost of repatriation in FY2015 was $12,213 per individual, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) statistics. This includes all costs necessary to identify, apprehend, detain, process through immigration court, and remove an individual from the country.
DHS officials Friday reported 451,000 repatriations or deportations in FY2016, about 35,000 more than the number of people apprehended after crossing the border illegally. These numbers are about 1 percent down from FY2015 and 20 percent less than FY2014.
About 25 percent, or 114,000, of those deported this year were arrested away from the border by ICE, and more than 90 percent of them were convicted criminals, DHS officials said.