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CBP nationwide encounters: data through July 2026
CBP published nationwide encounter figures covering fiscal year 2026 through July 2026. The cumulative year-to-date total is 314,440 encounters. An encounter is an enforcement action, not a person: one individual can be encountered more than once, so encounters and people are different counts.
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- An encounter is an enforcement action, not a person. Title 8 apprehensions, Title 8 inadmissibles, and expulsions are counted together, and one person can be encountered several times in a year, so encounters exceed the number of individuals.
- Figures are year-to-date for fiscal year 2026, which begins on 1 October — they are not a calendar-year count and are not comparable to a full year until the year closes.
- CBP does not publish a release date, only a publication month, so this event is dated to the first of that month. The month the figures actually cover is given as the data-through date and is exact.
Published Sep 15, 2026Data through Jul 31, 2026Source checked Sep 15, 2026Read the originalMethodologyPermalink