Biden's initiatives have led to more entering the country legally than illegally

Share of CBP encounters with undocumented persons entering legally at ports of entry, Oct. 2019 - Nov. 2024

*Notes: CHNVU = Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Ukraine. This only includes southwest border inadmissibles except for those countries that were inadmissible after the creation of the parole sponsorship programs.

Source: CBP, "Nationwide Encounters," 2024.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper