Weekly data from Border Patrol's San Diego, Tucson, and El Paso sectors show a four-month plateau in migration.
San Diego (California) Sector Feb 28 - Mar 5 8168 March 6-12 8389 March 13-19 6985 March 20-26 7353 Mar 27 - April 7 6698 April 3-9 6997 April 10-16 8959 April 17-23 9513 April 24-30 10023 May 1-7 8303 May 8-14 8016 May 15-21 6157 May 22-28 6777 May 29-Jun 4 8488 June 5-11 7693 June 12-18 June 19-22 June 23-29 3696 Jun 30 - Jul 6 3958 July 7-13 July 14-20 3552 July 21-27 3089 Jul 28 - Aug 3 3174 August 4-10 3389 August 11-17 3237 August 18-24 3063 August 25-31 3557 Sep 1-7 4000 September 8-14 3169 September 15-21 3292 September 22-28 2294 Sep 29 - Oct 5 2803 October 6-12 3016 October 13-19 3710 October 20-26 3228 Tucson (Arizona) Sector March 1-7 12200 March 8-14 10500 March 15-21 9000 March 22-28 7200 Mar 29 - Apr 4 6600 April 5-11 6700 April 12-18 7500 April 17-23 7600 Apr 26 - May 2 7900 May 3-9 7300 May 10-16 6700 May 18-24 7400 May 25-31 7800 June 1-6 7500 June 7-13 6900 June 14-20 4900 June 21-27 3700 Jun 28 - Jul 4 2900 July 5-11 2700 July 12-18 2600 July 19-25 2400 Jul 26 - Aug 1 2800 August 2-8 2400 August 9-15 2600 August 16-22 2500 August 23-29 2900 Aug 30 - Sep 5 2700 Sep 6-12 2500 September 13-19 2500 September 20-26 2400 Sep 27-Oct 3 2800 October 4-10 2400 October 11-17 2400 October 18-24 2600 October 25-31 2600 El Paso Week 10 7791 Week 11 5656 Week 12 5761 Week 13 7756 Week 14 7112 Week 15 6678 Week 16 8463 Week 17 7028 Week 18 5397 Week 19 5586 Week 20 5397 Week 21 4704 Week 22 5082 Week 23 4417 Week 24 3164 Week 25 3234 Week 26 2702 Week 27 2807 Week 28 2597 Week 29 2296 Week 30 2597 Week 31 2800 Week 32 3010 Week 33 2975 Week 34 2968 Week 35 3171 Week 36 2940 Week 37 2716 Week 38 2968 Week 39 2968 Week 40 2653 Week 41 2380 Week 42 2471 Week 43 2380 Week 44 2394

This chart shows the number of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol each week in the three geographic sectors at the U.S.-Mexico border where the agency apprehends the most people right now. (Border Patrol has nine U.S.-Mexico border sectors.)

Numbers have been remarkably flat since late June, following the Biden administration’s June 4 declaration of a near-total ban on asylum access for migrants arriving at the border between ports of entry. I don’t have a big archive of weekly apprehensions data, but looking at months, it is unusual to see migration remain at a low level following a decline for more than six months or so. We’re at four months now.

The source for the San Diego (California) and Tucson (Arizona) sectors is weekly tweets from the sectors’ chiefs. The source for the El Paso (far west Texas plus New Mexico) sector is the city of El Paso.

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