Closed ports and Nicaraguan policy caused Cuban illegal immigration

CBP encounters with undocumented Cubans entering legally and illegally, FY 2012 - 2024

Source: Customs and Border Protection, "Southwest Border Inadmissibles by Field Office," 2017, 2018, 2019; CBP, "Nationwide Encounters," 2024; CBP, "U.S. Border Patrol Nationwide Apprehensions by Citizenship and Sector," 2020.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper