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Southwest Land Border

CBP recorded 12,242 encounters in its Southwest Land Border group in August 2026, across 13 sectors and field offices — 35.6% of the 34,428 recorded nationwide.

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August 2026 at a glance

Encounters, August 2026
12,242
Events recorded, not people.
Share of nationwide encounters
35.6%
Of 34,428 recorded nationwide in August 2026.
Change on the prior month
-3.8%
From 12,730 in July 2026.
Change on the same month a year earlier
+25.8%
From 9,731 in August 2025.
Sectors and field offices
10
CBP groups these under Southwest Land Border.
Fiscal year 2026 to date
95,699
Summed from the 10 sectors and field offices in this group.

Taken from CBP on September 19, 2026.

Sectors and field offices in this group

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Sectors and field offices CBP groups under Southwest Land Border, August 2026
Sector or field officeAugust 2026
Rio Grande Valley Sector2,101
Tucson Sector1,528
El Paso Sector1,497
Laredo Sector1,333
San Diego Sector918
Del Rio Sector885
El Paso Field Office625
Yuma Sector247
El Centro Sector200
Big Bend Sector161

Rank is across all sectors and field offices nationwide, not within this group.

Since October 2022

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Encounters CBP grouped under Southwest Land Border, by month
MonthEncounters
October 2022231,529
November 2022235,173
December 2022252,315
January 2023157,358
February 2023156,630
March 2023193,249
April 2023211,992
May 2023206,690
June 2023144,556
July 2023183,479
August 2023232,963
September 2023269,735
October 2023240,927
November 2023242,399
December 2023301,981
January 2024176,195
February 2024189,913
March 2024189,359
April 2024179,737
May 2024170,716
June 2024130,415
July 2024104,100
August 2024107,473
September 2024101,790
October 2024106,316
November 202494,183
December 202496,033
January 202561,445
February 202511,710
March 202511,011
April 202512,023
May 202512,450
June 20259,300
July 20257,822
August 20259,731
September 202511,647
October 202511,704
November 202510,960
December 20259,992
January 20269,729
February 20269,613
March 202611,735
April 202612,857
May 202613,542
June 202612,905
July 202612,730
August 202612,242

The sectors-reporting column moves when CBP publishes no row for a sector in a month. A sector missing from a month is missing, not zero.

The other groups

Also: every sector and field office ranked and the immigration hub.

Sources

  • Nationwide Encounters — U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-19
    apps/web/queries/immigration/region_trend.sql

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