Trump re-entered office with evasions of Border Patrol at a lower level than when he left the first time

Border Patrol known gotaways, Oct. 2016 - Sept. 2025

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Sources: Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Cato Institute, Freedom of Information Act request; CBP, FOIA Releases, FY 2019-2024; Bill Melugin, Fox News, via X (February; February-March;); Border Patrol (May and June); CBP, FOIA Release, (FY 2025);

Notes: The number of gotaways for October to January 2025 The total gotaways for July, August, and September 2025 were distributed based on arrests in those months)