2.82M
2023 (latest)
DHS INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
actions · 1925–2023 · neither direction is "better" · DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, 2023 Yearbook Table 33
0.02M
1925
2.82M
high · 2023
0.01M
low · 1934
up from near zero
since 1925
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Official workbook totals, rounded to the nearest ten for privacy. Definition widens: USBP apprehensions only before 1952; HSI administrative arrests added in 1952; ERO fugitive-program arrests added in 2006 and all ERO administrative arrests in 2008; OFO enforcement encounters/inadmissibles added in 2012; multiple same-day ERO arrests allowed from 2014. Title 42 expulsions included FY2020–23. Fiscal 1976 covers 15 months. Breaks: Definition widens: USBP apprehensions only before 1952; HSI administrative arrests added in 1952; ERO fugitive-program arrests added in 2006 and all ERO administrative arrests in 2008; OFO enforcement encounters/inadmissibles added in 2012; multiple same-day ERO arrests allowed from 2014. Title 42 expulsions included FY2020–23. Fiscal 1976 covers 15 months.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://ohss.dhs.gov/system/files/2026-08/2026_0806_ohss_yearbook_enforcement_fy2023.xlsx
- https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/yearbook/2023
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Family-And-Society
Data
| Year | DHS initial enforcement actions | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.82M | +9% |
| 2022 | 2.58M | +39% |
| 2021 | 1.87M | +206% |
| 2020 | 0.61M | −48% |
| 2019 | 1.18M | +59% |
| 2018 | 0.74M | +22% |
| 2017 | 0.61M | −11% |
| 2016 | 0.68M | +14% |
| 2015 | 0.60M | −26% |
| 2014 | 0.81M | +3% |
| 2013 | 0.79M | −1% |
| 2012 | 0.80M | +17% |
| 2011 | 0.68M | −15% |
| 2010 | 0.80M | −10% |
| 2009 | 0.89M | −15% |
| 2008 | 1.04M | +9% |
| 2007 | 0.96M | −20% |
| 2006 | 1.21M | −7% |
| 2005 | 1.29M | +2% |
| 2004 | 1.26M | +21% |
| 2003 | 1.05M | −1% |
| 2002 | 1.06M | −23% |
| 2001 | 1.39M | −24% |
| 2000 | 1.81M | +6% |
| 1999 | 1.71M | +2% |
| 1998 | 1.68M | +9% |
| 1997 | 1.54M | −7% |
| 1996 | 1.65M | +18% |
| 1995 | 1.39M | +27% |
| 1994 | 1.09M | −18% |
| 1993 | 1.33M | +5% |
| 1992 | 1.26M | +5% |
| 1991 | 1.20M | +2% |
| 1990 | 1.17M | +23% |
| 1989 | 0.95M | −5% |
| 1988 | 1.01M | −15% |
| 1987 | 1.19M | −33% |
| 1986 | 1.77M | +31% |
| 1985 | 1.35M | +8% |
| 1984 | 1.25M | −0% |
| 1983 | 1.25M | +29% |
| 1982 | 0.97M | −1% |
| 1981 | 0.98M | +7% |
| 1980 | 0.91M | −15% |
| 1979 | 1.08M | +2% |
| 1978 | 1.06M | +2% |
| 1977 | 1.04M | −5% |
| 1976 | 1.10M | +43% |
| 1975 | 0.77M | −3% |
| 1974 | 0.79M | +20% |
| 1973 | 0.66M | +30% |
| 1972 | 0.51M | +20% |
| 1971 | 0.42M | +22% |
| 1970 | 0.35M | +22% |
| 1969 | 0.28M | +34% |
| 1968 | 0.21M | +31% |
| 1967 | 0.16M | +17% |
| 1966 | 0.14M | +26% |
| 1965 | 0.11M | +27% |
| 1964 | 0.09M | −2% |
| 1963 | 0.09M | −4% |
| 1962 | 0.09M | +4% |
| 1961 | 0.09M | +26% |
| 1960 | 0.07M | +56% |
| 1959 | 0.05M | −15% |
| 1958 | 0.05M | −11% |
| 1957 | 0.06M | −32% |
| 1956 | 0.09M | −65% |
| 1955 | 0.25M | −77% |
| 1954 | 1.09M | +23% |
| 1953 | 0.89M | +63% |
| 1952 | 0.54M | +7% |
| 1951 | 0.51M | +9% |
| 1950 | 0.47M | +62% |
| 1949 | 0.29M | +50% |
| 1948 | 0.19M | −0% |
| 1947 | 0.19M | +94% |
| 1946 | 0.10M | +44% |
| 1945 | 0.07M | +122% |
| 1944 | 0.03M | +179% |
| 1943 | 0.01M | −5% |
| 1942 | 0.01M | +4% |
| 1941 | 0.01M | +8% |
| 1940 | 0.01M | −13% |
| 1939 | 0.01M | −6% |
| 1938 | 0.01M | −2% |
| 1937 | 0.01M | +11% |
| 1936 | 0.01M | +6% |
| 1935 | 0.01M | +7% |
| 1934 | 0.01M | −51% |
| 1933 | 0.02M | −8% |
| 1932 | 0.02M | +2% |
| 1931 | 0.02M | +7% |
| 1930 | 0.02M | −36% |
| 1929 | 0.03M | +39% |
| 1928 | 0.02M | +44% |
| 1927 | 0.02M | +29% |
| 1926 | 0.01M | −43% |
| 1925 | 0.02M | — |
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