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 numbers from the year’s end reflect the worsening political and economic situations in some nations, the relative strength of the US economy, and the implementation of asylum limitations put in place under the administration 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.
In contrast to the approximately 58,000 immigrants from Mexico and the three Northern Central American countries that previously made up the majority of the flow, the American authorities suspended roughly 78,000 immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua in September.
Typical illegal border crossing activity in the United States
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