U.S. Border Patrol

Federal law enforcement agencies that have been deployed in response to protests or public-safety incidents in Portland include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Border Patrol, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

U.S. Border Patrol agents recorded nearly 238,000 apprehensions of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in fiscal year 2025 (Oct. 1, 2024–Sept. 30, 2025).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 237,565 U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions in Fiscal Year 2025 (October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025), the lowest annual total since Fiscal Year 1970 when apprehensions were 201,780.

The Fiscal Year 2025 Border Patrol apprehension total of 237,565 was approximately 87% lower than the four-fiscal-year average of 1.86 million reported for the four fiscal years immediately preceding FY2025.

Between February 2021 and December 2024, Border Patrol daily average apprehensions along the Southwest border were about 5,110 per day; in September 2025, Border Patrol averaged roughly 279 apprehensions per day along the Southwest border (about 8,300 for the month), a roughly 95% decrease.

U.S. Border Patrol agents have worn masks or neck coverings to conceal their identities while performing patrols or conducting raids.

U.S. Border Patrol recorded 2.2 million apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021–Sept. 30, 2022).

Border Patrol 'apprehensions' denote the number of times agents intercepted and processed migrants entering the United States between official ports of entry, and individual migrants can be counted multiple times if they attempt to enter more than once after being turned back to Mexico.