More than 11 million have illegally entered U.S. since fiscal 2021

Including another more than 2 million gotaways, reported by The Center Square, combined, they total an estimated 11.4 million, more than the population of 43 U.S. states.

With February's record 256,094 illegal border crossers, and more than 120,000 gotaways in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, the number of illegal border crossers in fiscal 2024 through February total more than 1.6 million, the highest in U.S. history.

The Center Square first began reporting it to provide a more accurate picture of the number of illegal border crossers entering the U.S. every month under the current administration.

The Center Square first reported on the number of illegal border crossers totaling more than the population of individual states.

In the first six months of 2021, more than 1.1 million people entered the U.S. illegally, enough to create the tenth largest city in the U.S. and more than each of the populations of nine states.

By June 2022, more than three million had illegally entered the U.S., totaling more than the individual populations of 23 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

More than half of U.S. states sued over them, arguing they are illegal. 

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