Non-Mexicans far outnumbered Mexicans in southwest border apprehensions in 2019 Apprehensions at southwest border, by fiscal year and country of "origin
Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border more than doubled between fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019 but remained below historical highs. There were 851,508 apprehensions in the 2019 fiscal year (October 2018-September 2019), a 115% increase from the previous fiscal year and the highest total in 12 years. Still, the total remained far below the 1,643,679 apprehensions recorded in 2000, the peak year. And apprehensions regularly exceeded 1 million per fiscal year during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
There has been a major shift in who is being apprehended, with non-Mexicans now far outnumbering Mexicans. Non-Mexicans accounted for 80% of apprehensions in fiscal 2019, marking the fourth consecutive year in which they outnumbered Mexicans. In 2000 (the earliest year for which data is available), non-Mexicans accounted for just 2% of apprehensions while Mexicans accounted for 98%.
Non-Mexicans far outnumbered  | Mexicans in southwest border  | apprehensions in 2019  | Apprehensions at southwest border, by fiscal year  | and country of "origin  | 1, .615 0011  | Apprehensions of  | Mexican citizens  | 685,050  | Apprehensions of  | citizens of countries  | other than Mexico  | 166,458  | 28 .598  | 2000  | 2006  | 2012  | 2019  | Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 