Illegal Border Crossings 2024 By Month. The border patrol reported 1,659,206 encounters with migrants at the u.s. Customs and border protection (cbp) released operational statistics today for january 2024.

All of the figures in this story come from that data from the office of homeland security statistics. A migrant boat photographed by omar kebbeh, who arrived as an unaccompanied minor a year ago on el hierro via jamie lorriman.