In fiscal year 2017 (spanning October 2016 to September 2017, the end of the Obama administration and the beginning of the Trump presidency), U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered 526,901 migrants trying to enter the country without legal authorization.
Numbers rose during the first three years of Trump's presidency but then plummeted back to 646,822 in 2020 during the Covid lockdown.
But during Biden's presidency, they shot back up higher than ever.
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