Record Number of Illegal Immigrants Pour Across US–Mexico Border

In September, over 269,000 people were caught crossing the southern border illegally, in a record high for a single month.

Illegal immigrants help each other climb over a barbed wire fence into the United States from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2023. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images

A record number of illegal immigrants crossed the U.S.–Mexico border in September, according to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Last month, 269,735 illegal immigrants were encountered at the southern border, CBP data show.