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Encounter Data Collection

The collection and analysis of encounter data at the Southwest border

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Jan 28, 2026
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How many unique individuals (not encounters) crossed the U.S. southern border during 2021–2024 according to DHS and independent audits?

and publish —not a definitive tally of unique individuals—so the official public record does not provide a clear number of distinct people who crossed the . Independent reporting and oversight documen...

Feb 2, 2026

Immigrants entering usa northern border by 2000 to present

The public record shows that encounters at the U.S. are tracked by but have been a consistently smaller component of total U.S. border encounters compared with the Southwest, and recent years have see...