RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to official data, between October 2020 and August 2021, 47,400 Brazilians were detained at the U.S. border, more than the total of the preceding 14 years, when 41,000 tried to cross the border.
Brazilians leave the country mainly from the states of Acre, Mato Grosso, Rondônia and Minas Gerais. The 18-month suspension of the issue of American tourist visas to Brazilians, also due to the world health crisis, aggravated the impact.
"Historically, 90% of undocumented Brazilians reached the U.S. with tourist visas and stayed in the country. This was . . .
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