Border patrol numbers

I don't really know what if anything to make of this.

From the Office of Detention and Removal: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "removed* 187,513 illegal aliens from the country in FY06, a record for the agency and a ten percent increase over the number of removals during the prior fiscal year."

*--"Removal" means what "Deportation" used to mean.

From public radio's Marketplace's report on : "Mexico detained and deported more than a quarter-million people last year."

But the US is beating Canada. From the Canadian Border Services Agency, only 11,845 persons were removed from Canada in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2005. That's approximately 3.6 deportations per 10,000 residents of Canada, compared to 6.3 per 10,000 residents of the US, and 24 per 10,000 residents of Mexico.

However, in terms of people denied entry at the border, Canada is beating the US on a per capita basis. CBSA denies entry to 7.8 people per 100,000 residents of Canada per day, whereas the US denies entry to only 1.9 per 100,000 residents of the US per day.