EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – San Diego and El Paso led the nation in migrant apprehensions between ports of entry in September, with Tucson not far behind.
And while migrants from all over the world are the ones primarily coming across the border without authorization into California, overwhelming numbers of Mexican nationals are entering through Tucson and El Paso.
September Border Patrol encounters lowest since the pandemic
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows border agents apprehended 13,309 migrants in the San Diego Sector in September, followed by El Paso with 12,507 and Tucson with 11,055. Most encounters involved single adults, especially in El Paso, where only 1,327 detainees came across the border with one or more family members.
Agents in the El Paso Sector detained 8,231 Mexicans in September from Hudspeth County, Texas, to the New Mexico-Arizona state line. Of the remaining 4,276 apprehensions, fewer than 1,400 were from countries outside the Northern Triangle of Central America.