Year
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Syria
2003
61
4,083
369
2004
57
641
106
2005
55
792
113
2006
53
721
151
2007
28
654
101
2008*
74
654
101
2009
74
575
87
2010
88
592
95
2011
106
525
108
2012
95
458
56
Note: he’s also stoking fears based on utter b.s. and a complete lack of a sense of proportion.
The numbers of apprehensions of individuals from these countries is also incredibly low compared to the primary sources of illegal immigrants. In 2012, DHS apprehended nearly 450,000 Mexicans, 55,000 Guatemalans and 50,000 Hondurans. In contrast, officials apprehended 95 Afghanis, 458 Pakistanis and 56 Syrians.