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The Border Patrol made roughly 54,000 apprehensions of immigrants trying to cross into the U.S. illegally in September, according to preliminary data obtained by NBC News, marking the lowest ...
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States are silhouetted as they queue at the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Jan. 18, 2025. Southwest border encounters, which hit previous highs of 1.6 ...
Asylum seeking migrants from China and Turkey climb a hill while looking to surrender to immigration officials, after crossing the border into the U.S. from Mexico in Jacumba Hot Springs ...
From 2005 to 2009, the number of people entering the US illegally every year declined from a yearly average of 850,000 in the early 2000s to 300,000 in 2009, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. [66] The most recent estimates put the number of illegal immigrants at 11 million in 2015, representing 3.4% of the total US population. [7]
During 2022, there has been a record number of migrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico border, where authorities are on pace to record more than 2 million arrests. U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures showed that illegal immigration arrests at the border in May rose to the highest levels ever recorded. They made 239,416 arrests along the ...
Since the Covid restrictions known as Title 42 were lifted in mid-May, the number of migrants crossing the border without documents or appointments for asylum hearings fell to fewer than 145,000 ...
In 1996, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act was passed which expedited the deportation of immigrants who were detained crossing the border. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , more aggressive immigration laws were implemented which gave more power to the USBP.
Cruz won 50% of the Texas Hispanic vote and 62% of the Hispanic male vote, according to Washington Post exit data. The top issues for voters choosing Cruz were immigration, 89%, and the economy, 82%.