We've had anywhere between 6.7 million and 7.3 million illegals cross over the past four years. Estimates prior to that were 15.9 million. So yeah it's definitely over 20 million.Sam Lowry said:We don't even have 20 million total, let alone in the last four years.Osodecentx said:Waco1947 said:Many of the jailing were political prisoners not violent offenders.whiterock said:There are "gotaway" stats. But by definition there is no hard data on the flow of illegals not encountered anywhere.Waco1947 said:Determining the exact number of people who have entered the U.S. without authorization between 2021 and 2024 is challenging because many individuals are not apprehended.ScottS said:And you know this how?Waco1947 said:20,000,000 is a lie. Why respond to a lie?historian said:
Not the 10-20 million illegal aliens that Biden rolled out the red carpet for. We cannot deport them quickly enough.
As a practical matter, it's impossible to do so and an absurdity to even try. It's not a serious option.
However, data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provides insight into the scale of unauthorized border crossings:While these numbers provide a measure of border activity, they do not provide a definitive count of unique individuals who have successfully entered the U.S. without authorization.
- Total Encounters: Since the start of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, CBP has recorded over 10.8 million encounters nationwide. This number includes both those who attempt to cross illegally and those who arrive at official ports of entry and are deemed inadmissible. It is important to note that this number represents encounters, not necessarily unique individuals, as some people may attempt to cross the border multiple times.
- Southwest Border Encounters: Over 8.72 million encounters have occurred at the Southwest border since FY2021.
- Estimated Gotaways: CBP estimates that approximately 2 million individuals have evaded authorities and entered the country undetected since FY2021. Some sources suggest this number could be underreported.
- Parole Programs: Additionally, over 1.4 million individuals have been released into the U.S. through parole programs like CBP One and the CHNV program.
Back during the first Trump admin, when the numbers were in the 30k-50k range per month, my USBP friend who for years chased illegals thru the brush and now supervises teams of men & dogs that do so told me the best way to get an idea what the actual flow is would be to take the "encounters" number and double it. He said the percentage of actual flow caught will rise as the flow falls, but will fall as the flow rises. (completely expected given that enforcement resources are essentially fixed).
That was before the Biden policy of accepting refugee applications for anyone who could drag themself cross the border. At that point, an enormous percentage of illegals were literally surrendering immediately, at the river with wet feet. That could have made the drug enforcement component a lot easier. Since anyone purely interested in migration would just surrender immediately, pretty much anyone sneaking thru the brush was up to no good. But the numbers of refugee candidates were so large that it strained USBP manpower just to pick them up & process them. As a result, the refugee flows actually made it easier for the cartels to smuggle drugs.Most illegal drugs comes through POEs not individuals.
and, yes, a very high percentage of the flow of refugees across our border were criminals. If you were President of (choose any Central or South American country), why would you continue to pay the cost to incarcerate hardened criminals if you could simply take them to your northern border, give them $500, and order them to head to Estados Unidos and NOT come back. It has happened before. Approx 20% of the Mariel boatlift refugees had spent time in a Cuban prison. What is your proof that presidents in Central America bussed their criminals to the border?
Otherwise thank you for response.
Our country cannot assimilate 20 million illegals in 4 years. I'm for deportations after a hearing
There are studies that place the number well above 30 million.
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116759/witnesses/HMTG-118-IF02-Wstate-RectorR-20240117.pdf