Raul Ortiz Breaks Silence: America’s Real Illegal Immigration Numbers May Be Staggering
In a candid and sobering interview on The Will Cain Show, former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz shattered the illusion long maintained by government agencies and corporate media: the number of illegal immigrants residing in the United States isn’t 11 million, or even 20 million—it’s likely far higher.
“I would estimate it’s much higher than 20 million people,” Ortiz said bluntly.
As the Biden administration faces renewed scrutiny for its border failures, Ortiz’s statement marks one of the most credible acknowledgments yet that the true scale of the crisis has been systematically underreported and politically whitewashed.
A Crisis Decades in the Making — And Accelerating
Ortiz traced the problem back decades, recalling waves of migrants in the 1990s and large-scale getaways that were never tracked. But he emphasized that the problem has exploded over the past ten years, particularly under an administration that de-prioritized enforcement and reassigned Border Patrol agents to non-enforcement duties.
The result? A border that is not just porous—but functionally irrelevant.
The Biden Legacy: 10 Million Crossings and Counting
Under President Joe Biden, more than 10 million foreign nationals have reportedly entered the U.S., many of whom bypassed legal channels entirely. Among them, as Ortiz and multiple DHS whistleblowers have warned, are individuals tied to violent cartels, transnational gangs, and foreign nationals with criminal records.
According to Ortiz, even these staggering statistics may barely scratch the surface, as they exclude the “unknown gotaways” — the undocumented individuals that Border Patrol has no record of at all.
The Math That Should Terrify America
If Ortiz is right—and the illegal population exceeds 20 million—then nearly 1 in 16 people in the U.S. is in the country illegally. That’s more than the populations of Florida, New York City, or the combined residents of 15 entire U.S. states.
And deporting that many people? A logistical nightmare ICE is neither staffed nor funded to handle—especially while leftist riots, sanctuary city policies, and lawsuits obstruct immigration enforcement at every turn.
Far-Left Protests, L.A. Riots, and National Security Risks
This warning arrives just days after far-left mobs ransacked Los Angeles, protesting renewed calls for immigration law enforcement under a potential Trump administration. The images of chaos, vandalism, and anti-police rhetoric made one thing clear: the illegal immigration crisis is no longer just about border towns — it’s now a domestic security threat.
The Takeaway: America Is on a Demographic Time Bomb
Ortiz’s remarks confirm what many Americans have long suspected: the real numbers are being buried, the system is overwhelmed, and leadership in Washington is pretending it’s all under control.
With 2027 just around the corner and global threats from nations like China rising, America must ask itself:
How can a nation survive when it can’t even count, control, or remove those breaking its laws within its own borders?
The illusion is over. The numbers don’t lie. And the time to act is now.
