American Context

DATA SOURCE · CBP-ENCOUNTERS

CBP public encounter statistics

Active CBP coverage is limited to Nationwide Encounters state fiscal-year totals.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Active
  • Primary government
  • Bulk file

Corpus snapshot

As of May 31, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC

Live counts from the American Context database. Counts reflect what has been ingested as of the timestamp above — not necessarily every record held by the upstream source.

Metric observations

184

metric_observation

Source releases

1

tracked in source_release

Most recent release

CBP Nationwide Encounters FY23-FY26 state CSV, March release

Release date
Apr 7, 2026
Retrieved
May 3, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC
Dataset
nationwide-encounters

Release source ↗

What we ingest

Active datasets that flow into the American Context corpus.

DatasetGeographyTimeCadenceCaveats
Nationwide encounters state fiscal-year totals
nationwide-encounters

Active slice aggregates the CBP Nationwide Encounters state-detail CSV to source-native state/territory fiscal-year totals.

statefiscal_year—
  • · Source CSV is monthly/detail-grain; active slice aggregates to fiscal-year state totals.
  • · Current fiscal year observations are FYTD when the source file labels them FYTD.

Planned or deferred

Datasets profiled but not yet active.

DatasetGeographyTimeCadenceCaveats
Southwest land border encounters
southwest-land-border-encounters
sector, area_of_responsibilitymonth, fiscal_year——

How American Context connects this

  • ›A border encounter is tied to a geography.border_encounter_in_geo
  • ›A border encounter is tied to a time period.border_encounter_in_period

Coverage and limits

  • ·Active CBP coverage is limited to Nationwide Encounters state fiscal-year totals.
  • ·Statistics are subject to corrections, systems changes, definition changes, additional information, and encounters pending final review.
  • ·Monthly, area-of-responsibility, sector, component, and encounter-type slices are deferred until the time/geography model is expanded.

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