Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were not able to do the job of stopping people from leaving their country and coming illegally to the U.S. We will now begin cutting off, or substantially reducing, the massive foreign aid routinely given to them.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 2018年10月22日
As of today, 14000 migrant caravan originated in Honduras is on the way to the U.S. border. Let’s take a look at comprehensive U.S.-Mexico border related apprehension data.
U.S.-Mexico Border Apprehensions & Inadmissibles
FY2018 521,090
FY2017 415,517
FY2016 553,378
FY2015 444,859
FY2014 569,237
FY2013 489,498
Unaccompanied Alien Children Apprehensions by Country
Year El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico
FY2018 4,949 22,327 10,913 10,136
FY2017 9,143 14,827 7,784 8,877
FY2016 17,512 18,913 10,468 11,926
FY2015 9,389 13,589 5,409 11,012
FY2014 16,404 17,057 18,244 15,634
FY2013 5,990 8,068 6,747 17,240
Family Unit (# of individuals) Apprehensions by Country
Year El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico
FY2018 13,669 50,401 39,439 2,261
FY2017 24,122 24,657 22,366 2,271
FY2016 27,114 23,067 20,226 3,481
U.S. Border Patrol Criminal Alien Arrests
Year Apprehensions Criminals Ratio
FY2018 361,993 6,259 1.73%
FY2017 310,531 8,531 2.75%
FY2016 415,816 12,842 3.09%
*as of Aug 31, 2018
U.S. Border Patrol Gang Nationwide Apprehensions
Year Apprehensions
FY2018 728
FY2017 536
FY2016 702
FY2015 844
FY2014 1,034
*as of Aug 31, 2018
U.S. Border Patrol Drug Seizures
Year Cocaine Heroin Marijuana
FY2018 6,423 532 439,531
FY2017 9,346 953 861,231
FY2016 5,473 566 1,294,052
FY2015 11,220 518 1,538,307
FY2014 4,554 606 1,922,545
units: pounds *as of Aug 31, 2018
source: U.S. Border Patrol
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