Total Illegal Border Crossings In 2024. That is roughly the same as in 2017 and fewer than in any other year between 2005. This is cbp’s lowest monthly southwest border encounter total since january 2021.

Border officials encountered 11 million unauthorized migrants attempting to enter the us between october 2019 and june 2024. The us department of homeland security has estimated there were 11 million illegal migrants living in the us as of january 2022.