A staggering 530,000 so called ‘gotaways’ — illegal immigrants known to have entered the country but not been caught — have been recorded since last October, according to US Border Patrol.

Adding May, June and July numbers, they total at least 677,327. Combined, known, reported gotaways total at least 1,592,132, greater than the individual populations of 11 states. Below is a glimpse into what gotaways look like who were caught on camera primarily in Terrell County in the Big Bend Sector of Texas.

And in a Feb. 28 post on X, formerly Twitter, Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said the number of known gotaways at the time had exceeded 120,000 for fiscal year 2024. In all, the report estimated 1.5 million gotaways had entered the country from when Biden took office to May 16, 2023.

In a May 2023 report, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General said gotaways are “observational estimates” that rely on agents identifying migrants as crossing the border illegally – such as by cameras or censors – and tracking them to the point where they are not apprehended.