---
title: "来自印度、罗马尼亚、委内瑞拉和其他偏远地区的移民促成了美墨边境创纪录的逮捕事件"
description: "Arrests at the southern border hit record levels over the last year, most of whom hailed from Mexico and Central America — but thousands traveled all the way from South America, Eastern Europe and eve"
type: "news"
locale: "zh-CN"
url: "https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/48265324.md"
published_at: "2021-10-23T00:59:33.000Z"
---

# 来自印度、罗马尼亚、委内瑞拉和其他偏远地区的移民促成了美墨边境创纪录的逮捕事件

> Arrests at the southern border hit record levels over the last year, most of whom hailed from Mexico and Central America — but thousands traveled all the way from South America, Eastern Europe and even India.

## Topline

Arrests at the southern border hit record levels over the last year, with most migrants hailing from Mexico or Central America, but thousands of people who tried to cross into the United States traveled from South America, Eastern Europe and as far away as India.

Haitian immigrants begin their overland journey through the Darien Gap into Panama on October 4, ... \[+\] 2021 in Acandi, Colombia.

Getty Images

## Key Facts

Border Patrol apprehended about 1.66 million people at the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year, which ended in September, making it the busiest year on record.

More than 608,000 arrestees — or 36.6% of last year’s total — were Mexican citizens, and over 40% were from Honduras (308,931 arrests), Guatemala (279,033) and El Salvador (95,930), a trio of countries south of Mexico called the “Northern Triangle.”

Just under 50,000 were from Nicaragua, another Central American country, a jump from around 2,000 in 2020 and around 13,000 in 2019 according to Border Patrol figures.

Hundreds of thousands of people hailing from South America were caught at the border, including nearly 57,000 from Brazil (up from just 7,000 in 2020 and 18,000 in 2019), more than 95,000 from Ecuador (a sevenfold increase over the previous two years) and almost 48,000 from Venezuela (well above 1,000 in 2020 and 2,000 in 2019).

Attempted border-crossings by Haitian citizens exceeded 45,000, which is a tenfold jump from the previous year, including more than 15,000 Haitian migrants who crossed in Texas and stayed in a makeshift camp under a bridge last month.

Some 38,000 Cuban migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021, almost four times the totals for 2020 and 2019.

A smaller contingent of migrants traveled from the other side of the world: Some 4,000 were from Romania, almost 1,400 were from Turkey and 2,600 were from India — though the number of migrants apprehended from India actually decreased from more than 7,000 in 2019 and 2018.

## Contra

The number of border arrests doesn’t necessarily match up with the actual number of migrants trying to cross. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. began expelling many border-crossers within hours of getting arrested, causing repeat offenses to increase dramatically. Plus, the Department of Homeland Security estimates that its apprehension rate has soared from under 40% in the early 2000s to nearly 70% in 2018. And 2020’s border figures were unusually low, possibly because of the pandemic, making year-to-year comparisons tricky.

## Surprising Fact

The number of attempted border-crossers who hail from countries other than Mexico has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. Their reasons for traveling thousands of miles to the U.S.-Mexico border vary. Many Central Americans have sought asylum from endemic gang violence, Venezuela’s economic turmoil has fueled a refugee crisis, Covid-related economic upheaval has reportedly pushed some people to migrate, and some Romanian migrants are members of Europe’s long-persecuted Roma ethnic group, PRI’s The World reported. In many cases, people left their home country years before arriving at the border: For example, some Haitian migrants moved to South America after the country’s 2010 earthquake.

## Tangent

For many migrants hailing from South America and beyond, their journey to the border involved traversing the Darien Gap, a dangerous roadless jungle between Panama and Mexico. More than 90,000 people entered Panama via the Darien Gap from January to September, according to government statistics, including hundreds of people from Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal and other further-away countries — though their final destination isn’t clear.

## Key Background

Arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border began surging in early 2021. The sudden jump in migration stretched immigration officials’ resources and initially forced thousands of unaccompanied minors to sleep in crowded makeshift Border Patrol tents. The Biden administration has warned migrants that it’s still rapidly expelling many people who are caught crossing the southern border illegally — especially single adults. Officials have also promised to focus on the root causes of Central American migration, including poverty and violence. Still, many Republicans have tied the surge in migration to President Joe Biden’s decision to ease some of the Trump administration’s strict immigration rules, especially for longstanding undocumented immigrants who don’t pose a public safety threat.

## What To Watch For

The Biden administration says it plans to restart a Trump-era policy in which many asylum-seekers are required to wait for their day in immigration court on the Mexico side of the border. Biden has sharply criticized the program — often called “Remain in Mexico” — on humanitarian grounds, but a judge ordered the government to reinstate it in August.

## Further Reading

Latin American Migration, Once Limited to a Few Countries, Turns Into a Mass Exodus (Wall Street Journal)

### Related Stocks

- [RPAI.US - RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA INC](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/quote/RPAI.US.md)

## Related News & Research

| Title | Description | URL |
|-------|-------------|-----|
| 特朗普暗示違法徵收的關税不退了，美財長稱今年關税收入將 “基本保持不變” | 美國總統特朗普暗示不會退還被最高法院裁定違法的關税，預計 2026 年關税收入將保持不變。特朗普計劃簽署行政令，對全球商品加徵 10% 進口關税，取代被推翻的關税。財長貝森特表示，政府將利用替代法律權力維持關税收入，強調國家安全和財政收入不 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276494362.md) |
| 沃爾瑪四季度財報超預期但盈利指引不及預期，CEO 稱 “美國低收入家庭只能勉強維持生計” | 沃爾瑪 Q4 營收超預期，新財年盈利指引（每股 2.75-2.85 美元）遠低於市場預期的 2.96 美元，顯示通脹壓力下消費者支出不確定性猶存，拖累股價下跌 1.38%。財報印證 K 型” 分化：高收入家庭驅動增長，低收入羣體 “錢包吃緊 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276398633.md) |
| 學習英偉達刺激芯片銷售，AMD 為 “AI 雲” 借款做擔保 | AMD 為擴大市場份額祭出金融 “狠招”！為初創公司 Crusoe 的 3 億美元購芯貸款提供擔保，承諾在其無客户時 “兜底” 租用芯片。這一復刻英偉達 “租卡雲” 路徑的策略雖能短期推高銷量，但也令 AMD 在 AI 需求放緩時面臨更大的 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276401504.md) |
| 最高法裁決後特朗普動用替補選擇：加徵 10% 全球關税 | 美國總統特朗普在最高法院裁決後宣佈將加徵 10% 的全球關税，以補救被推翻的關税措施。根據《1974 年貿易法》第 122 條款，現有的關税將全面生效。最高法院裁定特朗普政府的部分關税措施缺乏法律授權。市場風險提示，投資需謹慎。 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276477629.md) |
| 彭博新聞報道，康菲石油正在考慮出售其價值 20 億美元的二疊紀資產 | 2 月 20 日（路透社）- 據彭博新聞週五報道，康菲石油正在探索出售其部分二疊紀盆地資產，這是其更廣泛的投資組合精簡的一部分，消息人士透露。這些資產是通過與 Concho Resources 和 Shell（SHEL.L）的交易在多年中收 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276478732.md) |

---

> **免责声明**：本文内容仅供参考，不构成任何投资建议。