Border Patrol Apprehensions of Illegal Immigrants Rise in August: CBP

Customs and Border Protection said there has been an increase in the percentage of illegal immigrants being removed from the United States since June.

Illegal immigrants walk on the U.S. side of the border wall in Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif., after crossing from Mexico on June 5, 2024. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the U.S. southern border rose to 107,503 in August, up from 104,101 in July, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Border Patrol arrested 58,038 illegal immigrants between ports of entry along the southwest border in August, compared to 56,399 the previous month. However, it marks a 68 percent drop from the 181,054 arrests made in August 2023, CBP data show.