EXCLUSIVE: Internal CBP Data Leaked to TrendEdge โ The Border Numbers They Don’t Want You to See
Internal CBP data obtained by TrendEdge reveals official border statistics undercount crossings by 35-40%, with 620,000 untracked gotaways in fiscal year 2024 alone.
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TrendEdge has obtained internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection data that paints a radically different picture of the southern border than official press releases suggest.
The numbers, verified by two former DHS officials, reveal the total flow of undocumented migrants has been systematically undercounted by 35-40%, according to our sources.
How the Numbers Get Fudged
The official “encounters” metric counts only migrants who make contact with Border Patrol. It completely excludes “gotaways” โ individuals who cross and successfully evade detection.
“The gotaway number is the real number,” a 14-year CBP veteran told TrendEdge. “The public stats are technically accurate but deliberately misleading.”
What the Leaked Data Shows
Internal documents provided to TrendEdge show gotaway estimates for fiscal year 2024 reached approximately 620,000 individuals โ a figure that never appears in official White House or DHS press releases.
Tyler Nash reports from Eagle Pass, Texas, where he has spent three months on the ground documenting what official statistics miss.