U.S. border apprehensions by year, 1998-2019

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

0

1998

2000

2005

2010

2015

2019*

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

0

2000

2005

2010

2015

2019*

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

0

2000

2005

2010

2015

2019*

Notes

Years measured by the federal government's fiscal year, which runs from October to the following September.
* FY 2019 numbers current through the end of February