10 Indians arrested every hour for trying to enter US illegally in last one year, reveals data
Migrants in record numbers arrive at US-Mexico border
Illegal immigration from India to the United States has been a persistent issue. Recent data by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) showed that 2.9 million illegal immigrants were apprehended at the country's borders with Mexico and Canada in the fiscal year 2024 (October 1, 2023-September 30, 2024).
According to the data by the CBP out of the 2.9 illegal immigrants, 90,415 were Indians. Additionally, roughly 50 per cent of them were from the Indian state of Gujarat, reported Times of India citing sources in Indian agencies tracking illegal immigration.
It added that 10 Indians were arrested every hour. Moreover, 43,764 were arrested at the US-Canada border in the north, which makes it the highest number of Indians caught at this border to date.
However, it did show that there is a slight decline from the previous year's total of 3.2 million, and also in the number of Indians caught on the Mexico route.
In last fiscal year's report, the number of illegal Indian immigrants caught was 96,917.
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"People have stopped using the donkey route via Mexico due to two key reasons. One is that they would be kept in Dubai or Turkey for some time before being taken to Mexico. US agencies, over the past few years, have been keeping sharp vigil on illegal immigrants staying in those countries and have broken links in the human smuggling chain," a source in the immigration network told TOI.
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The source added, "Gujaratis, too, began choosing Canada over Mexico as they could easily hire a taxi and cross over to the US. Recently, US authorities have tightened vigil on this border. Such immigrants are usually sent to Canada as most of them carry a Canadian visitor visa. However, the immigrants try again after some time on the same route."
They further reportedly saidthat the people caught at the border may be very few compared to those who actually manage to sneak into the US.
(With inputs from agencies)
