Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Confirms Over 600,000 Immigrants Illegally Entered US Without Capture in Fiscal Year 2023

In addition to the 2 million apprehended, an alarming 600,000 immigrants managed to evade arrest after illegal border crossings, amidst an "unprecedented" displacement crisis and a "broken immigration system", further fueling the ongoing border controversy under the Biden administration.

In fiscal year 2023, the Border Patrol observed and was unable to arrest over 600,000 immigrants who illegally entered the US, in addition to the 2 million people that agents were able to apprehend.
These figures have added to an ongoing political controversy over border control during the Biden administration, with critics claiming that the numbers represent a failure in national security.
Border Patrol agents tracked 600,000 unidentified individuals who slipped into the country between October 2022 and September 2023, but they didn't have the resources to track down and apprehend everyone.
In the 2023 fiscal year, 900,000 migrants have been allowed into the US legally along the southwest border under humanitarian parole, permitting them to apply for asylum.
Senator Ron Johnson pressed Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the issue of where the over 6 million immigrants released by federal agents are currently residing - a question which Mayorkas didn't directly answer.