72 Percent of Illegal Border-Crossers Hail From Countries Other Than Mexico

72 Percent of Illegal Border-Crossers Hail From Countries Other Than Mexico
A Border Patrol agent organizes a group of illegal immigrants near Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 20, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
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Gone are the days when most illegal border-crossers were easy-to-return, single male Mexicans looking for work.

Almost three-quarters of the nearly 200,000 people apprehended along the southern border in July were foreign nationals from countries other than Mexico, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.

Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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