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Southwest Border Inadmissibles by Field Office Fiscal Year 2019

Southwest Border Unaccompanied Alien Children (0-17 yr old) Inadmissibles

Comparisons below reflect Fiscal Year 2019 compared to Fiscal Year 2018.

Field Office FY18 FY19 % Change
FY 18 to FY 19
El Paso 2,845 774 -73%
Laredo 2,168 819 -62%
San Diego 1,770 2,264 28%
Tucson 1,847 757 -59%
Southwest Border Total 8,630 4,614 -47%

Southwest Border Family Unit* Inadmissibles

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year 2019 compared to Fiscal Year 2018.

Field Office FY18 FY19 % Change
FY 18 to FY 19
El Paso 14,161 13,047 -8%
Laredo 13,705 16,820 23%
San Diego 15,774 13,558 -14%
Tucson 10,432 10,005 -4%
Southwest Border Total 54,072 53,430 -1%

*Family Unit represents the number of individuals (either a child under 18 years old, parent or legal guardian) deemed inadmissible with a family member by the Office of Field Operations.

Southwest Border Accompanied Minor Child* Inadmissibles

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year 2019 compared to Fiscal Year 2018.

Field Office FY18 FY19 % Change
FY 18 to 19
El Paso 115 128 11%
Laredo 1,062 651 -39%
San Diego 90 84 -7%
Tucson 117 88 -25%
Southwest Border Total 1,384 951 -31%

*Accompanied Minor Child represents a child accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and the parent or legal guardian is either a U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident or admissible alien, and the child is determined to be inadmissible.

Southwest Border Single Adult Inadmissibles

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Year 2019 compared to Fiscal Year 2018.

Field Office FY18 FY19 % Change
FY 18 to FY 19
El Paso 6,489 12,644 95%
Laredo 31,385 29,625 -6%
San Diego 18,008 18,839 5%
Tucson 4,908 5,898 20%
Southwest Border Total 60,790 67,006 10%

Southwest Border Unaccompanied Alien Children Inadmissibles by Fiscal Year

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Years 2017 - 2019.

Country FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 19
El Salvador 1,721 833 144
Guatemala 2,829 3,691 667
Honduras 1,173 1,655 531
Mexico 1,556 2,210 2,952

Southwest Border Family Unit* Inadmissibles by Fiscal Year

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Years 2017 - 2019.

Country FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 19
El Salvador 4,577 3,738 1,460
Guatemala 6,789 12,185 4,452
Honduras 4,246 8,327 4,812
Mexico 10,628 21,411 30,099

*Family Unit represents the number of individuals (either a child under 18 years old, parent or legal guardian) deemed inadmissible with a family member by the Office of Field Operations.

Southwest Border Accompanied Minor Child* by Fiscal Year

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Years 2017 - 2019.

Country FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 19
El Salvador 24 14 6
Guatemala 46 85 13
Honduras 34 58 18
Mexico 940 1,184 872

*Accompanied Minor Child represents a child accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and the parent or legal guardian is either a U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident or admissible alien, and the child is determined to be inadmissible.

Southwest Border Single Adult Inadmissibles by Fiscal Year

Numbers below reflect Fiscal Years 2017 - 2019.

Country FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 19
El Salvador 1,020 1,088 934
Guatemala 1,100 1,648 898
Honduras 917 1,719 1,966
Mexico 41,044 45,525 36,697

Cuban Inadmissibles

U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintains a robust posture regarding the enforcement of our immigration laws along the nation’s borders and coastal areas. We continue to promote safe, legal, and orderly migration from Cuba under our Migration Accords and deter dangerous and unlawful migration from Cuba.

*Effective January 12, 2017, the United States ended the special parole policy, also known as the “wet-foot/dry-foot” policy, for Cuban aliens that has been in place since the mid-1990s. Since then, Cuban nationals who attempt to illegally enter the United States are subject to removal, consistent with our enforcement priorities. These actions are part of the ongoing normalization of relations between the governments of the United States and Cuba, and reflect a commitment to have a broader immigration policy in which we treat people from different countries consistently.

Numbers below reflect totals for Fiscal Years 2014 - 2019.

Field Office FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 19
El Paso 415 685 5,018 340 394 7,480
Laredo 15,333 26,181 34,658 14,275 6,533 12,898
San Diego 1,229 1,555 1,589 600 131 455
Tucson 132 221 258 168 21 666
Southwest Border Totals 17,109 28,642 41,523 15,383 7,079 21,499

Haitian Inadmissibles

Numbers below reflect totals for Fiscal Years 2014 - 2019.

Field Office FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 19
El Paso 1 0 2 18 0 0
Laredo 6 1 6 160 2 3
San Diego 477 333 6,377 8,057 294 1,018
Tucson 0 0 39 960 1 0
Southwest Border Totals 484 334 6,424 9,195 297 1,021

Southwest Border Inadmissibles Fiscal Year 2019 - By Month

Last Modified: Feb 12, 2025