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San Diego Field Office

CBP recorded 1,243 encounters in the San Diego Field Office in August 2026, rank 13 of 41 sectors and field offices. Office of Field Operations records its encounters, and CBP places it in the Southwest Land Border group.

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August 2026 at a glance

Encounters, August 2026
1,243
Events recorded, not people.
Change on the prior month
-2.7%
From 1,277 in July 2026.
Fiscal year 2026 to date
14,114
The first 11 months of the fiscal year.
Rank in the latest month
13 of 41
Among all sectors and field offices CBP reports on.
Component
Office of Field Operations
The part of CBP that recorded these encounters.
Encounters in the published file
397,553
Since October 2022.

Taken from CBP on September 19, 2026. CBP revises earlier months when it republishes the file.

Who was encountered

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Encounters in the San Diego Field Office by CBP demographic category, August 2026
CategoryEncounters
Single adults1,078
Family unit individuals105
Unaccompanied children47
Accompanied minors13

A category CBP recorded no encounters for in this sector does not appear.

Since October 2022

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Encounters in the San Diego Field Office by month
MonthEncounters
October 20229,232
November 20229,450
December 202210,017
January 20238,364
February 20237,956
March 20238,652
April 20238,799
May 20239,482
June 202313,001
July 202315,476
August 202315,789
September 202315,430
October 202316,027
November 202315,453
December 202315,883
January 202415,492
February 202414,567
March 202415,496
April 202414,960
May 202415,685
June 202414,647
July 202414,867
August 202415,810
September 202415,402
October 202416,109
November 202415,448
December 202415,910
January 202510,227
February 20251,362
March 20251,443
April 20251,295
May 20251,298
June 20251,095
July 20251,084
August 20251,103
September 20251,128
October 20251,271
November 20251,378
December 20251,255
January 20261,252
February 20261,161
March 20261,246
April 20261,540
May 20261,348
June 20261,143
July 20261,277
August 20261,243

Nearest by volume

Sectors and field offices either side of the San Diego Field Office in August 2026
RankSector or field officeAugust 2026
12Laredo Field Office1,295
14Preclearance Field Office1,148

Full rankings: sectors and field offices and countries of citizenship. All topics: immigration and the border.

What this page cannot show

  • An encounter is an event. The same person may be encountered more than once, so these are not counts of people.
  • The area of responsibility is the sector or field office that recorded the encounter. It is not where a person entered, and not where they intended to go.
  • CBP revises earlier months when it republishes the file, so a figure is only as current as the snapshot it was drawn from.

Full method at methodology.

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/sector_trend.sql

Data retrieved