Criminal Noncitizen Statistics Fiscal Year 2021
The following is a summary of U.S. Border Patrol enforcement actions related to arrests of criminal noncitizens for Fiscal Years 2016 - 2021.
Records checks of available law enforcement databases following the apprehension of an individual may reveal a history of criminal conviction(s). That conviction information is recorded in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection database, from which the data below is derived.
Arrests of Individuals with Criminal Convictions
The term “criminal noncitizens” refers to individuals who have been convicted of one or more crimes, whether in the United States or abroad, prior to interdiction by the U.S. Border Patrol; it does not include convictions for conduct that is not deemed criminal by the United States. Arrests of criminal noncitizens are a subset of total apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol.
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY 19 FY20 YTD21
U.S. Border Patrol Criminal Noncitizen Arrests 12,842 8,531 6,698 4,269 2,438 5,861
Fiscal Year 2021 runs October 01, 2020 - September 30, 2021.
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