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Border encounters and enforcement

The impact of border encounters and enforcement on the estimated number of unauthorized immigrants in the US.

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Jan 18, 2026
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How many undocumented immigrants came in in Trump‘s first term

There is no authoritative, published count of the net number of undocumented immigrants who “came in” during Donald Trump’s first term; government statistics track encounters, apprehensions and remova...

Jan 18, 2026
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How many illegal immigrants came into one US during President Biden administration

There is no single, uncontested tally of how many people “came into” the United States illegally during the Biden administration because agencies and analysts report different metrics (encounters, got...

Jan 17, 2026
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How do U.S. government “encounters” at the border differ from net increases in the unauthorized resident population?

"Encounters" are administrative events recorded by Customs and Border Protection when someone is apprehended, found inadmissible at a port of entry, or expelled under special authorities; they do not ...

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