Apprehension of Brazilians at US Border Drops Amid General Record

In 2021, 80.6 thousand were caught, and in 2022 the number dropped to 37.4 thousand

Washington

While the US faces an incessant humanitarian crisis at the borders, with record numbers of migrants seeking to enter the country without a visa, the number of Brazilian citizens caught trying to cross into the country irregularly plummeted in 2021 and 2022.

Data from the Customs and Border Protection agency show that, from January to December last year, over 3 million migrants were intercepted trying to enter US territory without permission, an increase of 33% compared to the 2.7 million of the previous year.

When analyzing people's origins, however, those of Brazilian nationality have shown an inverse trend. While in 2021, 80,600 Brazilians were caught in this situation, throughout 2022 the number dropped to 37,400 – less than half.

One of the hypotheses for this, according to analysts, is what would be a return to normality in the migratory flow after a year off the curve, since 2021 would have seen a boom due to the reopening of borders, closed the previous year as a Covid-19 containment measure.

Translated by Cassy Dias

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