For about every 300 Honduran citizens living in Honduras, 1 was apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in August 2023 alone. That’s 35,173 people out of a population of 10.6 million.

Chart: Citizens of Honduras: CBP Encounters At and Between Ports of Entry Between the Ports of Entry (Border Patrol) At the Ports of Entry (CBP Office of Field Operations) 19-Oct 5449 270 19-Nov 4479 295 19-Dec 4202 180 20-Jan 2567 211 20-Feb 2802 175 20-Mar 3226 124 20-Apr 1872 19 20-May 1712 34 20-Jun 2101 46 20-Jul 2880 25 20-Aug 3983 45 20-Sep 4818 28 20-Oct 7330 40 20-Nov 8146 53 20-Dec 10296 62 21-Jan 11162 70 21-Feb 20102 78 21-Mar 41989 127 21-Apr 37738 467 21-May 30624 1507 21-Jun 32620 2413 21-Jul 42594 2703 21-Aug 39532 2593 21-Sep 26798 280 21-Oct 21779 82 21-Nov 19917 188 21-Dec 17856 285 22-Jan 11726 285 22-Feb 13689 386 22-Mar 15709 504 22-Apr 14261 1473 22-May 17999 1731 22-Jun 22712 1465 22-Jul 18123 2217 22-Aug 13218 3001 22-Sep 12197 2220 22-Oct 10658 3445 22-Nov 10160 2990 22-Dec 10329 2947 23-Jan 8982 2048 23-Feb 10098 837 23-Mar 11524 1831 23-Apr 12112 1106 23-May 17813 3226 23-Jun 10660 4434 23-Jul 23091 2934 23-Aug 31747 3426

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Even more citizens from Guatemala arrived at the border in August (37,937), but Guatemala’s population is larger (18.1 million). That is 1 of every 477 Guatemalan citizens living in Guatemala.

Citizens of Guatemala: CBP Encounters At and Between Ports of Entry Between the Ports of Entry (Border Patrol) At the Ports of Entry (CBP Office of Field Operations) 19-Oct 5788 121 19-Nov 6129 111 19-Dec 6396 94 20-Jan 4487 93 20-Feb 4802 83 20-Mar 4269 60 20-Apr 1340 17 20-May 702 22 20-Jun 997 67 20-Jul 2349 69 20-Aug 4106 40 20-Sep 5878 34 20-Oct 9225 67 20-Nov 10279 44 20-Dec 12394 60 21-Jan 13082 55 21-Feb 19029 125 21-Mar 33921 139 21-Apr 29782 271 21-May 25846 606 21-Jun 29423 823 21-Jul 35674 794 21-Aug 36216 892 21-Sep 24162 126 21-Oct 19301 73 21-Nov 20379 90 21-Dec 20908 101 22-Jan 13746 110 22-Feb 18081 134 22-Mar 21245 147 22-Apr 19453 457 22-May 21076 392 22-Jun 24219 429 22-Jul 19810 402 22-Aug 15092 589 22-Sep 14910 421 22-Oct 14254 593 22-Nov 13970 545 22-Dec 14247 639 23-Jan 11531 439 23-Feb 14016 204 23-Mar 14884 409 23-Apr 14310 273 23-May 14152 667 23-Jun 9548 814 23-Jul 21491 637 23-Aug 37204 733

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