Of the 14 million illegal border crossers reported under the Biden-Harris administration, more than 3 million people come from four countries whose citizens have enjoyed expanded access through a parole program created by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV).

At least 2,496,080 illegal border crossers from CHNV countries have been reported under the Biden-Harris administration, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. data. Data represents fiscal years 2021 through 2024, excluding the first three months of fiscal 2021 under the previous administration. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.

Including the 531,000 released entering the country via CHNV, the total stands at at least 3,027,080 from these four countries. The total excludes absconders, those who entered illegally and evaded capture, those released into the country through the CBP One app and other parole programs created by Mayorkas, and the tens of thousands of Haitians and Cubans repatriated by the US Coast Guard, reported The Center Square. .

Mayorkas maintains that CHNV and other parole programs are legal and necessary; Federal judges ruled no. Republican members of Congress say they are illegal and cited them as evidence to impeach Mayorkas in February. Documents that CHNV foreign nationals and other illegal crossers receive from Department of Homeland Security agencies declare that they are illegal aliens, are present in the United States illegally and require them to report to an immigration judge years later, The Center Square. first reported.

The U.S. State Department has designated two of the four CHNV countries, Cuba and Nicaragua, as countries of particular concern for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” These include “torture, prolonged detention without charge, enforced disappearance or any other flagrant attack on the life, liberty or security of persons”. Cuba is also designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.

More than 786,000 illegal Cuban border crossers

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the highest number of illegal Cuban border crossings were reported nationally in U.S. history, more than 786,000.

The highest number was reported in FY 2022 at 224,607, followed by 217,615 in FY 2024, 200,287 in FY 2023 and 33,876 in nine months during the fiscal year 2021.

At least 110,000 inadmissible Cubans have been released into the United States through a CHNV parole program, according to CBP Data.

Republican members of Congress demanded answers about Chinese spies functioning out of Cuba targeting Americans and non-immigrant visas extended to Cubans that US Republican senators say “endangers our national security” inadequate control diplomats from countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism, among other concerns.

Nearly 700,000 illegal Haitian border crossers

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the highest number of illegal Haitian border crossers was reported nationally in U.S. history, nearly 700,000.

The highest number was reported in fiscal year 2024 at 220,798, followed by 163,781 in fiscal year 2023, 56,596 in fiscal year 2022, and 47,478 in nine months during of the 2021 financial year.

At least 211,000 inadmissible Haitians have been released into the United States through CHNV.

As Haitians have entered the country, local communities across the country have faced increased crime and costs that they say are unsustainable and are negatively impacting them, The Center Square. reported.

More than 536,000 illegal Nicaraguan border crossers

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the highest number of illegal Nicaraguan border crossers was reported nationally in U.S. history, more than 536,000.

The highest number was reported in FY 2022 at 164,600, followed by 138,729 in FY 2023, 91,049 in FY 2024 and 49,254 in nine months during the fiscal year 2021, according to the data.

At least 93,000 inadmissible Nicaraguans have been released into the United States through CHNV.

Place du Center first reported on the migrant war behind the border crisis, including the policies of Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua. Policy makers I said that Cuba and Haiti have used migrant war tactics against the United States for decades. Foreign policy experts say Nicaragua’s visa policy has also facilitated militarized migration, according to NPR reported.

More than a million Venezuelans crossing the border illegally

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the largest number of Venezuelans illegally crossing the border was reported nationally in U.S. history, nearly 1 million.

The highest number was 334,914 in FY 2023, followed by 313,496 in FY 2024, 189,520 in FY 2022, and 49,477 in nine months in FY 2021 , according to the data.

At least 117,000 inadmissible Venezuelans have been released into the United States through CHNV.

As Venezuelans entered the country, so did members of the Venezuelan prison gangs of the Tren De Aragua, a federally designated foreign terrorist organization. Law enforcement officers across the country arrest them for committing violent crimes against Americans, The Center Square reported.

Combined, the more than 3 million people illegally crossing borders from CHNV countries total more than the individual populations of 17 states.

They also represent the equivalent of more than 67 U.S. military corps, with 45,000 troops in a corps, and almost four times the number of U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan over 20 years.