Big Bend Border Statistics

Illegal Migrant Activity In/Through Big Bend National Park (BIBE)

Compiled by Bob Krumenaker, Keep Big Bend Wild. Updated as of 9/23/2026.

NPS Freedom of Information Act
Request DOI-2026-006568

On May 27, 2026, the National Park Service (NPS) received Bob Krumenaker’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, filed on behalf of Keep Big Bend Wild, and assigned it control number DOI-2026-006568.

The request states:
“… summary data that the US Border Patrol has provided to the National Park Service of the total number of illegal cross-border migrants apprehended for each year from 2016 to 2025 inside Big Bend National Park, Texas. The data can be by calendar or fiscal year (please specify).)…”