Trump rails almost daily against illegal aliens. You might be forgiven for thinking that the US is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis of illegal migration across its southern frontier.
But illegal border crossings have declined significantly.
But illegal border crossings have declined significantly.
According to the latest statistics from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 396,579 undocumented people were apprehended after entering the country illegally in 2018.
Another 124,511 people presented themselves at ports of entry, many seeking humanitarian protection, but immigration officials found them inadmissible.
In 2000, however, more than 1.6 million illegal border crossers were apprehended. In 2001, the figure was 1.3 million.
Small ups and downs in the flow continued until a significant drop off at the end of the decade – from 556,041 in 2009 to 340,252 in 2011 – coinciding with the great recession, and the disappearance of the jobs many migrants came for. In the following years, apprehension numbers continued to fluctuate between 350,000-500,000, with a low of 310,531 in 2017.
The government can detain families together. Having failed to build his wall, Trump will ramp up construction of detention camps for families and children. CBP apprehension statistics for year 2018 show steep increases in recent months – mostly families with children – a total of 16,658 people in September alone.
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