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More than 271,000 migrants have been deported from the US in 2024 -- a paltry 9% of the 2.9 million encountered this year at the nation's borders, according to new data.
The number of crossings from Canada is smaller compared to the southern border, where 54,000 illegal border crossings were recorded in September alone. ... Figures for fiscal year 2024 crossings ...
The decline puts U.S. Border Patrol on track to report roughly 1.5 million unlawful crossings in fiscal 2024, down from more than 2 million in fiscal 2023. The federal fiscal year runs Oct. 1 to ...
It's also a 78% drop from a record high in December, when illegal border crossings soared to 250,000. ... has sought to make immigration a defining issue of the 2024 race for the president. ...
July 2024 data for border crossings showed the lowest level of border crossing since September 2020. [3] Between 2007 and 2018, visa overstays have accounted for a larger share of the growth in the illegal immigrant population than illegal border crossings, [4] which have declined considerably from 2000 to 2018. [5]
On June 4, 2024, Biden passed an executive order to shut down the border if illegal crossings reached an average of 2,500 migrants a day in a given week. [17] The order suspended protection for asylum seekers without a "credible fear" for requiring asylum, allowing for immediate deportation of unauthorized migrants. [63]
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global social and economic upheaval that followed, migrants ignored her message and came to the U.S. border in massive numbers. Illegal crossings ...
By the end of June 2024, illegal crossings reached a three-year low following four consecutive monthly drops, which senior U.S. officials attributed to increased enforcement between the United States and Mexico and the weather, as well as the effects of Biden's executive order. Daily apprehensions fell to 2,000 from May's 3,800. [74]