How many Mexicans cross the border every year?

It is estimated that there are approximately 720,000 Mexicans who cross the border each year illegally. Approximately half of these are caught by border control.

It is estimated that approximately 43 percent of people who cross the border illegally each year will attempt to cross the border again, according to a survey conducted by the National Center for Border Security and Immigration in 2013. Those that were surveyed said they would return in order to reconnect with family or for a job that they held in the U.S. More than 7 percent said that they would attempt to cross the border just 10 days after being caught.