Documents in the News: “DHS Immigration Enforcement: 2016” and “CBP Border Security Report FY 2016”

From the Dept. of Homeland Security:

Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 statistics. These statistics reflect the Department’s immigration enforcement efforts prioritizing convicted criminals and threats to public safety, border security and national security.
Overall, in FY 2016, the Department apprehended 530,250 individuals nationwide and conducted a total of 450,954 removals and returns. The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) reported 415,816 apprehensions nationwide, compared to 337,117 in FY 2015; and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 114, 434 individuals, compared to 125,211 in FY 2015. Although apprehensions by the USBP in FY 2016 increased from FY 2015, they remain a fraction of the number of apprehensions routinely observed from the 1980s through 2008. In addition, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) identified 274,821 inadmissible individuals at ports of entry, compared to 253,509 in FY 2015. ICE removed or returned 240,255 individuals in FY 2016, compared to 235,413 in FY 2015.

Read the Complete News Release
Documents
DHS Immigration Enforcement: 2016
“Annual Flow Report”
6 pages; PDF.
December 2016.
CBP (Customs and Border Protection) Border Security Report, FY 2016
8 pages; PDF.
December 30, 2016.
FY 2016 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Immigration Removals
21 pages; PDF. ||| HTML Version

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