Border Patrol Assignments
September 2001 and March 2002

Border State* September
2001		 March
2002		 Shift
Since 9-11**
North
 Idaho  5 8 3
Maine  32 32 0
Michigan  38 37 -1
Minnesota  14 14 0
Montana  34 35 1
North Dakota  16 18 2
New York  86 90 4
Vermont  32 34 2
Washington  74 78 4
North Total 331 346 15
South
 Arizona  1959 1932 -27
California  2636 2533 -103
New Mexico  504 521 17
Texas  3962 4108 146
South Total 9061 9094 33
Other
 Alabama  6 6 0
Arkansas  4 4 0
District of Columbia  23 24 1
Florida  57 62 5
Georgia  49 48 -1
Louisiana  23 25 2
Mississippi  6 7 1
Oregon  2 1 -1
South Carolina  55 50 -5
Outside U.S.  34 33 -1
Other Total 259 260 1
Grand Total 9651 9700 49

* Numbers do not reflect temporary work assignments -- whether on travel or when temporarily detailed to another location since these do not appear to be systematically tracked in any government-wide data system. Interviews with selected INS Border Patrol locations suggest that small numbers of Border Patrol agents have been temporarily detailed to assist some northern border stations in recent months, and that temporary details of Border Agents from one location to another along the Mexican border also have occurred.
** Note: President Bush's FY 2003 Immigration Budget proposal calls for adding 570 additional Border Patrol Agents to be divided evenly between
the northern and southern borders. (see budget)

Copyright 2002, TRAC