More migrants from Venezuela crossed into U.S. in October than in all of 2020
Immigration
UN: Shortages of food and medicines, violence, loss of jobs due to pandemic have forced millions to flee in recent years
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Dec 9, 2021 / 05:35 PM CST / Updated: Dec 9, 2021 / 05:35 PM CST
In this June 16, 2021, file photo, a migrant family from Venezuela move to a Border Patrol transport vehicle after they and other migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and turned themselves in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – U.S. immigration agencies encountered a record number of migrants from across the globe in the fiscal year 2021. And though Mexicans made up the biggest group of those detained, migration from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti saw the largest year-to-year growth.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, migration from that South American country immersed in political and economic turmoil increased 11-fold between fiscal year 2020 and FY2022. The fiscal year runs from October 1 of any given year to Sept. 30 of the following year.
The agency reported coming across only 4,520 unauthorized Venezuelan migrants in FY2020 while the number jumped to 50,499 in FY2021. Already just in October, immigration agents have detained 13,504 Venezuelans.
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