According to Customs and US Border Customs Administration, the large number of migrants arriving in the United States from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua last September caused the number of unlawful transit operations to rise to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year.
The statistics of the end of the year reflect the deterioration of economic and political conditions in some countries, the relative strength of the American economy and the application of asylum restrictions imposed during the era of former US President Donald Trump.
The third-highest number of immigrants detained in a single month during the presidency occurred in September 2021 when American border guards managed to detain 227,000 individuals on the country’s border with Mexico.
According to data released late Friday, 2. 38 million immigrants were suspended for the fiscal year that concluded on September 30. This represents a 37% increase over the 1. 73 million immigrants suspended the year before.
The American authorities suspended nearly 78,000 immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua last September, compared to about 58,000 immigrants from Mexico and three countries in Northern Central America that were historically most of the flow..
A record number of people cross the American border illegally.
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