New Immigration Data Show 8% of Nicaraguans Fled to the U.S. Since 2018

MIAMI – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released its latest immigration numbers last week, highlighting the staggering percentages of populations who have migrated to the United States from Latin American and Caribbean countries since 2018.

According to recent Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) data, nations with the largest segments of their populations that came into the United States during the period include Nicaragua, 8%, Cuba, 7%, Haiti, 6%, and Honduras, 5%.

The majority of these numbers transgressed the U.S. Southern border during the Biden administration, but began under the first Trump administration, and then increased exponentially during the COVID-19 crisis.

Lax immigration enforcement measures under Biden Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, allowed millions from the Southern regions to cross the U.S. Southern border in record numbers.

In many cases, the human tide that traveled from the more disadvantaged parts of the Western hemisphere, exhausted the local resources of smaller municipalities that were later tasked with managing the sudden increase in migrant populations, draining local resources and reducing the quality of life of their native residents.

Many of these migrants have since been deported as part of the administration’s efforts to reduce the number of undocumented immigrants residing in the country, despite criticism from Democrats in Washington, who argue that the president’s immigration strategy is targeting minority communities.