The data describes the total number of unaccompanied alien children apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol from Fiscal year 2010 to 2017. In Fiscal year 2017, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 41,456 unaccompanied children. Of those, 41,435 children were apprehended trying to cross the southwest border of the United States
2010 | 18622 |
2011 | 16067 |
2012 | 24481 |
2013 | 38833 |
2014 | 68631 |
2015 | 39970 |
2016 | 59692 |
2017 | 41456 |