7.6 million known illegal immigrants at large in U.S.; number doubled under Biden
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Friday, December 20, 2024
Homeland Security is supposed to be tracking more than 7.6 million illegal immigrants who have been caught and released into the country over the years, according to the latest numbers that show a department struggling to monitor them all, much less make new arrests inside the country.
In late 2020, before President Biden took over, the figure stood at just 3.3 million, meaning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement added 4.3 million new names to its at-large docket over the last four years.
ICE revealed the numbers Thursday in its final report on fiscal 2024.
Deportations soared to their largest number in years, topping even the peak years of the Trump administration. That was powered largely by quick turnaround of illegal immigrants showing up at the border.
But ICE’s own arrests of illegal immigrants dropped dramatically.
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