Table 34. Noncitizens Apprehended by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2020

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[1]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[2]
Total	678,606	671,327	662,483	679,996	462,388	530,250	461,540	572,566	1,013,539	518,597
Africa	5,209	4,755	3,772	3,308	2,296	2,041	2,947	4,053	4,874	3,485
Asia	15,875	12,424	10,771	11,131	9,825	12,269	12,484	19,503	18,668	7,923
Europe	5,520	5,548	4,447	3,915	2,379	3,819	2,935	3,296	2,996	2,075
North America	637,354	634,711	629,884	648,576	439,102	501,754	432,410	533,442	945,283	477,939
Oceania	498	458	428	369	241	245	286	327	266	189
South America	13,357	12,507	12,459	12,174	8,284	9,875	9,628	9,294	40,126	25,715
Unknown	793	924	722	523	261	247	850	2,651	1,326	1,271

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016 ^[3]	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[4]
Total	678,606	671,327	662,483	679,996	462,388	530,250	461,540	572,566	1,013,539	518,597
Afghanistan	111	98	70	66	71	84	85	69	48	26
Albania	258	277	423	408	91	152	109	90	89	77
Algeria	36	42	27	42	26	38	53	44	36	24
Angola	28	22	16	13	11	6	19	29	246	325
Antigua and Barbuda	47	56	40	31	21	16	29	20	13	10
Argentina	421	324	235	212	123	82	154	143	145	93
Armenia	232	217	141	161	88	87	94	93	69	53
Australia	75	55	69	50	30	21	23	37	32	22
Austria	23	12	14	5	9	4	8	D	5	5
Azerbaijan	37	29	36	38	23	22	33	52	20	20
Bahamas	311	275	288	196	185	151	142	157	177	141
Bangladesh	272	262	366	476	467	796	771	1,395	1,368	717
Barbados	77	80	45	47	28	20	20	30	34	4
Belarus	58	51	42	20	15	18	21	32	25	12
Belgium	35	17	25	13	11	15	10	13	7	8
Belize	361	316	293	258	140	150	159	180	289	107
Benin	18	11	9	10	19	8	18	19	24	21
Bhutan	6	5	5	7	22	14	25	22	32	13
Bolivia	387	290	226	194	116	107	118	150	134	80
Bosnia and Herzegovina	201	198	179	131	115	103	115	83	83	67
Brazil	3,228	2,433	1,702	1,643	1,911	3,738	3,699	2,810	19,168	7,917
Bulgaria	95	110	52	49	36	28	28	41	25	23
Burkina Faso	20	29	19	17	6	15	23	36	35	31
Burma	35	54	48	48	47	56	61	74	68	61
Burundi	17	27	21	22	9	20	12	19	20	18
Cabo Verde	105	110	66	35	32	34	68	73	51	46
Cambodia	347	268	204	147	130	203	125	339	184	107
Cameroon	164	130	102	70	47	54	66	93	307	167
Canada	1,131	1,172	822	775	648	509	495	485	565	491
Central African Republic	10	9	14	8	D	6	6	7	11	6
Chad	8	7	12	13	8	5	11	15	5	3
Chile	248	193	128	116	82	87	128	189	392	826
China, People's Republic	2,604	2,435	1,992	2,631	1,894	3,219	2,378	2,339	3,006	1,964
Colombia	2,755	2,201	1,987	1,522	1,351	1,209	1,335	1,406	1,604	1,199
Congo, Democratic Republic	26	28	28	31	17	39	39	49	685	360
Congo, Republic	63	75	39	26	13	29	25	41	229	87
Costa Rica	503	518	409	378	213	214	230	250	242	152
Cote d'Ivoire	102	112	80	45	34	17	38	103	80	46
Croatia	31	31	29	13	16	5	11	18	15	5
Cuba	4,801	4,121	2,809	2,872	2,281	3,061	2,432	2,321	14,136	11,227
Czechia	71	68	56	35	23	26	36	71	55	27
Czechoslovakia (former)	21	20	15	12	7	6	6	6	D	D
Dominica	65	41	41	24	15	18	20	26	25	16
Dominican Republic	4,433	4,506	3,893	3,455	2,797	2,770	2,582	2,628	2,924	2,220
Ecuador	3,298	4,374	5,680	6,276	3,438	3,472	2,568	2,708	14,503	13,028
Egypt	237	190	192	181	147	117	156	158	94	99
El Salvador	27,652	38,976	51,226	79,321	51,200	78,983	59,687	42,132	99,750	23,051
Eritrea	63	37	40	52	45	33	47	91	93	91
Estonia	35	30	18	16	12	12	18	11	10	8
Ethiopia	219	220	144	152	93	70	79	83	61	61
Fiji	87	79	67	35	22	22	16	29	19	6
France	145	131	107	107	42	52	76	72	87	79
Gabon	13	13	10	15	D	3	11	13	12	6
Gambia	148	119	100	69	33	41	87	130	120	59
Georgia	101	58	65	52	29	50	54	56	70	37
Germany	198	186	153	103	79	87	91	83	84	38
Ghana	435	340	272	212	138	174	178	275	293	357
Greece	48	34	29	35	13	28	22	29	35	11
Grenada	61	35	44	33	24	13	17	17	16	14
Guatemala	41,708	57,486	73,208	97,151	66,982	84,649	81,909	135,354	285,067	61,382
Guinea	147	142	112	69	34	49	83	147	106	80
Guyana	411	360	292	248	196	142	159	194	126	100
Haiti	1,351	1,492	1,992	1,810	1,124	1,113	1,211	818	2,830	5,820
Honduras	31,189	50,771	64,157	106,928	42,433	61,222	60,169	91,141	268,992	51,011
Hungary	106	111	88	76	54	42	122	103	63	42
India	3,859	1,566	1,791	2,106	2,967	4,123	3,682	9,953	8,926	1,717
Indonesia	327	219	126	102	52	39	117	124	100	110
Iran	305	301	257	223	154	111	147	153	109	91
Iraq	285	244	169	173	152	156	421	173	171	117
Ireland	88	89	70	47	29	37	42	80	35	23
Israel	254	192	213	303	235	92	156	196	172	112
Italy	149	153	138	116	86	81	103	109	120	86
Jamaica	2,862	2,655	2,147	1,677	1,176	1,012	1,072	1,216	1,054	820
Japan	63	59	47	43	18	11	29	24	13	8
Jordan	305	281	198	282	293	167	256	291	312	253
Kazakhstan	117	108	71	75	45	25	37	75	75	56
Kenya	539	494	341	423	415	189	166	229	225	147
Korea, South	714	627	470	349	255	188	182	225	205	143
Kosovo	36	26	30	17	20	38	58	59	51	45
Kuwait	23	22	26	22	34	18	37	31	28	16
Kyrgyzstan	44	40	89	52	40	18	18	29	15	12
Laos	758	754	561	335	184	194	203	180	166	141
Latvia	38	35	36	41	39	10	21	18	17	17
Lebanon	171	128	103	117	94	58	57	94	46	57
Liberia	309	314	231	176	143	152	239	204	182	132
Libya	24	23	16	36	22	16	18	24	9	10
Lithuania	77	84	65	48	27	24	37	51	43	24
Malawi	21	14	10	13	7	6	10	8	-	4
Malaysia	53	49	31	30	14	9	17	23	24	12
Mali	112	100	83	89	40	32	47	73	50	26
Marshall Islands	21	28	35	66	34	26	31	51	40	41
Mauritania	70	55	57	25	14	12	21	85	64	68
Mexico	517,472	468,766	424,978	350,177	267,885	265,747	220,138	252,267	254,595	318,516
Micronesia, Federated States	106	106	113	95	80	88	125	115	90	66
Moldova	144	93	93	57	63	37	59	49	37	27
Mongolia	129	95	66	52	27	27	43	35	22	18
Montenegro	11	18	6	11	9	7	13	17	14	11
Morocco	173	149	135	135	96	61	97	98	60	57
Nepal	180	248	448	555	443	580	680	775	372	174
Netherlands	85	68	65	51	47	22	35	42	37	18
New Zealand	63	35	30	34	23	12	19	19	19	19
Nicaragua	2,278	2,532	2,712	2,912	1,577	1,756	1,721	4,014	14,248	2,739
Niger	48	50	39	34	24	11	13	22	26	21
Nigeria	633	543	492	396	274	253	439	878	987	551
North Macedonia	51	43	30	22	19	22	24	29	26	6
Pakistan	538	470	334	350	287	522	476	438	392	267
Palau	20	26	21	23	10	20	16	6	16	9
Panama	226	197	184	100	92	95	78	88	88	66
Paraguay	35	33	30	16	8	14	11	21	9	18
Peru	1,741	1,588	1,682	1,568	827	799	837	1,034	1,198	774
Philippines	1,135	927	721	592	334	263	280	289	231	204
Poland	519	494	328	266	205	136	147	204	161	126
Portugal	194	215	131	91	57	58	83	92	86	48
Romania	869	1,220	865	1,038	537	2,167	810	876	940	652
Russia	526	414	320	262	159	128	172	229	172	151
Rwanda	19	13	21	12	14	14	15	19	30	20
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46	49	32	20	21	7	19	17	10	D
Saint Lucia	58	57	45	44	30	21	36	35	27	24
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	50	41	43	31	15	17	15	25	14	8
Samoa	36	32	37	20	11	25	24	39	22	10
Saudi Arabia	127	198	264	226	276	189	299	197	137	94
Senegal	158	164	132	98	41	62	61	96	76	45
Serbia	22	13	35	40	20	19	28	27	31	16
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	142	86	64	58	29	21	85	16	12	10
Sierra Leone	171	162	145	96	65	44	74	109	111	74
Singapore	12	7	16	9	D	7	D	5	D	4
Slovakia	29	44	23	28	15	8	21	36	26	16
Somalia	336	316	214	169	131	164	350	282	143	113
South Africa	123	95	79	63	43	34	46	60	54	43
South Sudan	D	3	42	21	14	19	33	81	41	33
Soviet Union (former)	92	115	89	64	19	23	35	24	18	9
Spain	126	139	98	129	84	62	122	195	202	132
Sri Lanka	316	223	134	95	128	57	87	223	492	254
Sudan	226	253	168	132	81	86	93	140	92	85
Suriname	19	20	15	8	8	6	10	22	5	5
Sweden	42	33	27	24	14	17	9	19	8	8
Switzerland	19	14	11	12	3	6	3	8	7	D
Syria	114	57	72	61	57	44	62	47	25	25
Taiwan	75	46	55	35	38	34	32	38	41	19
Tajikistan	82	51	33	35	36	16	16	22	16	5
Tanzania	64	73	72	129	42	26	34	38	32	26
Thailand	257	276	246	197	84	64	93	153	82	54
Togo	43	46	20	23	10	8	21	23	34	32
Tonga	82	86	49	44	26	27	30	26	26	14
Trinidad and Tobago	596	498	419	303	195	190	214	190	158	100
Tunisia	43	33	24	46	31	19	31	32	33	25
Turkey	224	265	216	243	194	183	211	295	199	186
Turkmenistan	8	10	4	9	11	5	D	D	4	D
Uganda	66	44	49	28	14	14	18	29	40	33
Ukraine	393	394	290	183	154	111	151	201	183	86
United Arab Emirates	D	10	11	9	8	3	9	9	5	3
United Kingdom	581	516	437	295	231	209	205	274	198	158
Uruguay	239	144	116	91	44	29	72	73	78	36
Uzbekistan	135	129	116	109	73	45	91	101	177	93
Venezuela	575	547	366	280	180	190	537	544	2,764	1,639
Vietnam	1,413	1,313	875	634	433	449	644	755	1,148	618
Yemen	86	69	68	67	71	35	460	100	78	51
Zambia	49	50	31	27	19	17	43	29	18	23
Zimbabwe	88	63	48	36	22	24	28	43	31	14
All other countries ^[5]	98	97	63	61	49	48	59	56	65	47
Unknown	793	924	722	523	261	247	850	2,651	1,326	1,271

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