Border Crossings By Year Chart 2024 India. Ensuring border security and managing migration. The share of venezuelans is growing, and tens of thousands of people from as far as india, russia and china are also seeking asylum in america.

Historically high numbers of people are illegally entering the u.s., straining an immigration system already overwhelmed by the number of families coming across the border to request asylum. Southwest border encounters increased to their highest recorded level in fiscal 2021.