In 2014, for the first time ever, U.S. Border Patrol records show that more non-Mexicans than Mexicans were apprehended at the border.
This information comes from a Pew Research Center study of more than sixty years of Border Patrol data. During Fiscal Year 2014 (October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014), about 229,000 Mexicans and about 257,000 non-Mexicans were apprehended illegally crossing the border. Overall, the total number of illegal immigrants was up 16 percent over the previous year.
The Pew Research analysis highlighted several other interesting points:
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So, when apprehended, are they released into the US to come check in in a couple of months, or are they turned back to their non native Mexico?
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