the Mexican immigrants They no longer constitute the majority of the population who crossed irregularly into United StateAccording to a study he conducted Pew Research Center, Which indicates that in 2021, the percentage of citizens reached 39 percent of all immigrants, the lowest percentage since the 1990s.
The study, titled “What We Know About Illegal Immigrants Living in the United States,” indicates that although Mexicans no longer constitute the majority of the population in the United States, irregular migrant population, Mexico remains the country from which most immigrants arrive in the United States.
It is clear that in the period from 2017 to 2021 the total number reached Mexican immigrants It decreased by 900 thousand to 4.1 million, while in the 1990s it was 4.5 million.
the influx of citizens It peaked in 2007 with 6.9 million people under “undocumented” status in the United States, according to the latest data from the organization Pew Research Center.
In contrast, the total number immigrants Arrivals from countries other than Mexico have grown rapidly since 2015, and by 2021 there were 6.4 million, 2.3 million more than Mexicans.
Northern Triangle
According to data from United States Census Bureau, After Mexico, the Central American region from which Greater influx of immigrants.
Especially from the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America, which it formed SaviorHonduras and Guatemala, where two million people arrived, nearly 20 percent of the total. Number of immigrants 2021
During that year, the undocumented population in the United States reached 10.5 million, which was down from the historic high of 12.2 million immigrants in 2007.
An increase in arrests and expulsions at the border, to near record levels
Although data show a decline in the undocumented population in the United States, this does not reflect the high influx of immigrants in the United States. The border between Mexico and the United Statesbecause this year is once again approaching record levels.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics show the number of monthly “encounters” between U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers border guards With the number of migrants rising to just over 200,000, as of November 2022.
This number exceeds the peak reached in May 2019, with 132,000 encounters that month, and nearly equals the historic record for monthly arrests set in March 2000, when more than 220,000 were arrested. Immigrant people.
In this sense, during 2022, about 32 percent of the arrests that led to expulsion were under Section 42, a policy implemented by the Donald Trump administration to explicitly deport immigrants, under the pretext Preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Likewise, 63% of migrants found at the border were from countries such as Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela, while 37% came from Mexico and the United States. Northern Triangle of Central America.
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