Figure 2 Immigrants, 1995- -2012 2 million Non- Mexican: 40, 000 Mexican: 1,637 000
Driven by unauthorized immigration from Mexico, U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions rose through the 1990s and peaked at 1.7 million in fiscal 2000. After reaching somewhat lower levels for 2001-2007, apprehensions fell dramatically from 2007 to 2011. In 2012, the number of unauthorized immigrants apprehended at the Mexican border rose modestly, to 365,000, but only because of growing apprehensions of non-Mexicans; apprehensions of Mexicans continued to decline.
Figure 2  | Border Patrol Apprehensions of Unauthorized  | Immigrants, 1995- -2012  | 2 million  | Non- Mexican: 40, 000  | Mexican: 1,637 000  | 1.6  | Non- Mexican  | 1.2  | 99 000  | Non-  | Mexican  | Mexican  | 266 000  | Mexican  | 1995  | 2000  | 2005  | 2010 2012  | Notes: Data are for fiscal years Includes appre hensions between ports ofentry,  | Source 1999 For all apprehensions apprehensions U.S U.S Custo ms and ofHomeland Bor rder Patrol 2013b 2004. For 1995-  | 1999 Mexican U.S apprehensions apprehensions U.S Border Department ofHomeland Security 2004. For  | 1999-2012, U.S apprehensions Customs and Border Patrol 2013a  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 