More Mexicans Than Central Americans Stopped at US Border
- Expulsions to Mexico drove up rate of repeat crossing attempts
- More Mexicans than Central Americans found every month of 2022
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Mexican migrants attempting to cross into the US without adequate documentation outnumbered those from Central America in the first six months of this year, a reversal after a slowdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
US Customs and Border Protection encountered Mexican migrants 66,557 times in June, 15% more than Central Americans from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, according to data released Friday. The officials have had 627,764 encounters with Mexicans since October, versus 655,594 for the 12 months through September 2021.