Record number of apprehensions, gotaways in fiscal 2022 surpass 3.3 million

 A record number of illegal foreign nationals were apprehended or recorded evading capture by Border Patrol agents in fiscal year 2022, surpassing 3 million, according to data obtained by The Center Square.

• At least 637,170 gotaways - foreign nationals who illegally entered the U.S. in between ports of entry and evaded capture by law enforcement
• This number excludes illegal entries that are unknown and unrecorded, meaning many who evade capture are not tracked or caught.

Border Patrol apprehended 2,162,037 people, including reporting 637,170 gotaways

• That's enough to populate nearly six Wyomings, over five Vermonts, 4.5 Alaskas, over four North Dakotas, nearly four South Dakotsas, etc.
• Border Patrol agents apprehended over 591,000 illegal foreign nationals and recorded at least 224,250 gotaways; California apprehended over 242,000 and reported over 59,000 gotaways

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