Latin America grapples with U.S. deportations
Latin American leaders have been outraged by deportation flights of illegal immigrants from the U.S. – many of them shackled – with threats of tariffs and sanctions on U.S. allies in the region
Mexico
El Salvador
India
Guatemala
Honduras
China
Venezuela
Brazil
Dom. Rep
Colombia
750,000
4,050,000
725,000
675,000
525,000
375,000
275,000
2007: Peaked
at 12.2 million
1990-2005
confidence interval
1990: 3.5 million
2022:
11.0 million
230,000
230,000
190,000
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Central America
South America
Middle
East
Africa
Caribbean
725
375
180
1,000
6,150
1,700
775
Europe, Canada,
Oceania
Asia
U.S. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BY REGION OF BIRTH
LEADING COUNTRIES
TOTAL 11.0 million
(thousands)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro agreed to accept flights after tariff threat
Source: Pew Research
Picture: Getty Images
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