"900,000 apprehensions of illegal aliens attempting to cross the Southwestern border illegally in Fiscal 2003."
More than 2400 a day? What's your source for that?
Posted on 08/13/2004 5:26:15 PM EDT by Marine Inspector
FY 2003 Southwest Border Apprehensions by the US Border Patrol | |||||
California | Arizona | New Mexico | Texas | Totals | |
Country | |||||
Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Albania | 3 | 70 | 73 | ||
Algeria | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Antigua - Barbuda | 1 | 1 | |||
Argentina | 27 | 17 | 5 | 56 | 105 |
Armenia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | |
Australia | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
Austria | 1 | 1 | |||
Bahamas | 1 | 1 | |||
Bahrain | 1 | 1 | |||
Bangladesh | 2 | 11 | 13 | ||
Belarus | 2 | 2 | |||
Belgium | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Belize | 13 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 38 |
Bolivia | 15 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 41 |
Bosnia - Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | |||
Botswana | 1 | 1 | |||
Brazil | 398 | 1,709 | 109 | 2,792 | 5,008 |
Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
Burma | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
Cambodia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Canada | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
Chile | 7 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 65 |
China | 109 | 31 | 10 | 136 | 286 |
Colombia | 12 | 22 | 7 | 123 | 164 |
Costa Rica | 9 | 100 | 5 | 54 | 168 |
Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Cuba | 11 | 22 | 13 | 44 | 90 |
Cyprus | 0 | ||||
Czech Republic | 10 | 15 | 10 | 35 | |
Czechoslovakia | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
Denmark | 2 | 2 | |||
Dominican Republic | 71 | 7 | 253 | 331 | |
Ecuador | 81 | 135 | 13 | 211 | 440 |
Egypt | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
El Salvador | 752 | 1,188 | 209 | 7,198 | 9,347 |
Eritrea | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Estonia | 2 | 2 | |||
Ethiopia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
France | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
Georgia | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
Germany | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
Ghana | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
Greece | 1 | 1 | |||
Guatemala | 543 | 1,530 | 396 | 4,489 | 6,958 |
Guinea | 3 | 3 | |||
Guinea - Bissau | 1 | 1 | |||
Guyana | 1 | 14 | 15 | ||
Haiti | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
Honduras | 344 | 818 | 243 | 12,436 | 13,841 |
Hungary | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
India | 12 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 86 |
Indonesia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
Iran | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Iraq | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Ireland | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
Israel | 17 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 47 |
Italy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Ivory Coast | 5 | 5 | |||
Jamaica | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 42 |
Japan | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | |
Jordan | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | |||
Kenya | 1 | 1 | 31 | 33 | |
Korea, North | 1 | 1 | |||
Korea, South | 16 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 66 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | |||
Laos | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Latvia | 2 | 2 | |||
Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
Liberia | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
Macedonia | 24 | 24 | |||
Malaysia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Mali | 1 | 1 | |||
Mexico | 202,559 | 396,373 | 47,356 | 219,561 | 865,849 |
Mongolia | 2 | 2 | |||
Morocco | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
Nepal | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Nicaragua | 18 | 44 | 4 | 622 | 688 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 26 |
Norway | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Pakistan | 1 | 5 | 34 | 40 | |
Panama | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
Peru | 25 | 49 | 10 | 146 | 230 |
Philippines | 24 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 58 |
Poland | 13 | 112 | 6 | 19 | 150 |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |||
Qatar | 2 | 2 | |||
Romania | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | |
Russia | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
Saudi Arabia | 2 | 2 | |||
Senegal | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sierra Leon | 1 | 1 | |||
Slovakia | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1 | |||
Somalia | 1 | 1 | |||
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | |||
St. Kitts - Nevis | 1 | 1 | |||
St. Lucia | 2 | 2 | |||
Sudan | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||
Syria | 1 | 1 | |||
Taiwan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Tanzania | 2 | 2 | |||
Thailand | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
The Gambia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Togo | 1 | 1 | |||
Tonga | 1 | 1 | |||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
Turkey | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
Uganda | 2 | 2 | |||
Ukraine | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
United Kingdom | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | |
Uzbekistan | 4 | 4 | |||
Venezuela | 2 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 52 |
Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 36 |
Western Sahara | 3 | 3 | |||
Yemen | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 34 |
Zambia | 2 | 2 | |||
Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 205,178 | 402,335 | 48,561 | 249,007 | 905,081 |
Total OTM's | 2,619 | 5,962 | 1,205 | 29,446 | 39,232 |
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Mind you, that's ONLY apprehensions by the Border Patrol, and ONLY in those States listed.
It doesn't take into account the interceptions at sea by the US Coast Guard, and what apprehensions happen elsewhere in the nation.