Illegal Border Crossings By Year 2024. That is roughly the same as in 2017 and fewer than in. The number of illegal crossings from the northern border into the us has steadily increased as the data here shows 16,848 migrants attempted to enter the.

This year, illegal crossings surpassed the number for the last 17 years combined. On the northern border, cbp’s expanded enforcement efforts in response to changing migration trends has yielded a reduction in encounters of more than 30% from.