September SW Border Apprehensions: Haitians +132%, Russians/Turks +89%, Indians +82%

The record-breaking figures for “encounters” with migrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally at the southwest border during fiscal year 2021 include sizeable month-on-month increases in September in the number of apprehended migrants from Haiti, Russia, Turkey, India, Ukraine, and China, even though the overall total was somewhat down, from 209,840 in August to 192,001 in September.  Read