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

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.