Border
Remain in Mexico 2.0 — The Numbers Nobody Will Publish
CBP's internal encounter data through Q3 2026. Randy H. filed from El Paso, Yuma, and Del Rio.
The CBP dashboard the press quotes is not the CBP dashboard the sector chiefs quote.
Sector by sector, September 2026
- Del Rio Sector: 8,412 encounters (down from 89,304 same month 2024, a 90% drop)
- Rio Grande Valley: 12,204 (down from 71,800, 83% drop)
- Yuma Sector: 2,108 (down from 44,300, 95% drop)
- El Paso Sector: 9,876 (down from 54,100, 82% drop)
What did it
Three things, in this order. First, the reinstated Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) — the Remain in Mexico policy — pushed the queue back into Mexico. Second, the Mexican Guardia Nacional deployment along the Guatemalan border cut the northbound flow by 60% before it reached us. Third, Title 42 pandemic-era authority was reinstated by executive order in February.
What Randy saw in the field
The border wall in Yuma sector is now continuous from the Colorado River to the Baja line. The steel bollard system is 30 feet tall, buried six feet, and topped with anti-climb plate. The gaps that existed in 2023 are welded shut.
At the Del Rio bridge, the Texas National Guard has replaced the razor wire with a permanent double-fence installation. The border wall is not a metaphor anymore — it is under Kurt's watchful eye finished.