2025 illegal entries in Texas: Nearly half the gotaways reported in previous years

(The Center Square) – In President Donald Trump’s first year in office, illegal border crossers in one year in Texas totaled nearly half of gotaways reported in previous years in Texas.

They also represent roughly 10% of illegal entries in Texas in 2022 and 2023, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data and gotaway data obtained by The Center Square.

In fiscal 2025, 259,878 illegal border crossers were apprehended in Texas, excluding gotaways, by Border Patrol and CBP officers, according to year-end CBP data. The fiscal year goes from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

Gotaways is the official CBP term for those who illegally enter between ports of entry to evade capture, don’t file immigration claims and don’t return to Mexico. CBP doesn’t publicly report this data. The Center Square obtained gotaway data from Border Patrol agents, reporting it each month. At least two million gotaways were reported during the Biden administration, The Center Square exclusively reported. The total, w...