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According to Customs and Border Protection they apprehended more than 2.3 million people in 202 alone trying to cross illegally. This was record high for them.
There were 45.3 million immigrants within the US in 2021.
Most of the immigrants came from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua in 2022.
According to the Cato Institute “In 2018, the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants, 535 per 100,000 legal immigrants, and 1,422 per 100,000 native‐born Americans.”
Mexicans are the largest immigration group making around 24% of immigrants. (2021). They used to make up 30% of immigrants in the year 2000.
Around 75% of immigrants are illegal in the US.
Between 1815 and 1860, more than 5 million immigrants arrived in America mostly from countries like Great Britain, Ireland, German states, and Prussia.