![]() Border Patrol Nationwide Apprehensions by Citizenship and Sector,” accessed October 5, 2022, available online CBP, “Southwest Land Border Encounters,” updated October 21, 2022, available online. Sources: Migration Policy Institute (MPI) tabulations based on data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses the term “encounters” to account for apprehensions under Title 8 and expulsions under the Title 42 public-health order that was implemented in March 2020 shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() Migrant Encounters between Ports of Entry, by Nationality, FY 2008-22 Migrants from beyond Mexico and Northern Central America accounted for 43 percent of those encountered between ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border in FY 2022-compared to 4 percent just five years ago.įigure 1. and regional policies.Īfter nearly a decade of migration overwhelmingly from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, flows to the United States from well beyond these traditional sending countries are increasing. These diversifying flows are a result of a complex mix of push factors and U.S. While public attention will focus on the record-breaking numbers, equally as important is the change in composition of migrants arriving at the U.S. Without a doubt, the arrivals, which represent a 37 percent increase over FY 2021, have overwhelmed processing capacities, federal infrastructure, and border communities.įailing to understand the complex story behind these trends not only stymies the development and implementation of policies to better manage chaotic migration flows, but also misses the opportunity to inform the creation of regional relationships and policies that can address the new and shared realities of large-scale migration that increasingly begins much further south than Mexico or Northern Central America. Even accounting for repeated entries, however, the number of unique encounters in the just-concluded fiscal year surpassed the previous record of 1.64 million apprehensions in FY 2000. This recidivism has been partially incentivized by the general lack of consequences that is the result of the Title 42 expulsions policy implemented at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() ![]() immigration authorities carried out 2.38 million migrant encounters (a term encompassing apprehensions and expulsions) at the southwest border in FY 2022, the statistic includes significant numbers of migrants who attempted to enter the United States multiple times without authorization. The year also saw significant arrivals of Brazilians, Ecuadorians, Haitians, and from countries further afield, including Ukraine, India, and Turkey. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during FY 2022 than migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. enforcement policies long directed toward arrivals from Mexico and Northern Central America are misaligned-underscoring the need for new regional approaches.įor the first time in history, more Venezuelans, Cubans, and Nicaraguans were encountered by U.S. Headlines focused on the record-breaking nature of the nearly 2.4 million encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year (FY) 2022 overlook the much bigger story that this figure tells us: Migrant and asylum seeker flows have become increasingly hemispheric in nature and as a result, U.S. ![]()
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