Border Security
Border Crisis Leads to Record Detentions – in Mexico
avatar By Jason Pena January 5, 2022 No Comments
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In Fiscal Year 2021 (October 2020 – September 2021), 1.7 million illegal aliens were encountered along the United States’ southern border, an all-time high for unauthorized crossings. President Biden’s border policies were undoubtedly responsible for the record-breaking encounters. Unfortunately, our southern neighbor is enduring similar adverse consequences spurred by the American president’s immigration policy.
Between January and November of 2021 – less than a full year – Mexican immigration authorities detained 256,526 illegal aliens, the highest number of apprehensions recorded by Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) since 2005, when INM agents detained 240,269 unlawful migrants. The data also show Mexico’s 2021 figures have already surpassed the apprehension totals made in 2017 (93,846), 2018 (131,445), 2019 (182,940), and 2020 (82,369).
While Mexico’s immigration enforcement has helped reduce the flow of unlawful migration to the United States, it has come at a cost. The increase in illegal immigration across Mexico has stretched INM’s personnel and resources to effectuate deportations. For example, of the 256,526 apprehended migrants, only 40 percent have been deported so far compared to the 82 percent repatriation rate of the past four years.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/01/05/mexico-sees-illegal-migration-rise-immigrationreform-com/
