As car thefts spike, many thieves slip through U.S. border unchecked

You head to your car in the morning, as you do every day. But today, you're horrified to discover it isn't where you parked it the night before. It's a heart-sinking moment Americans across the country wake up to as cases of car thefts soar.

More than one million cars were stolen in 2022, the highest number since 2008, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the insurance industry's association that tracks annual vehicle thefts.

That's about two vehicles stolen every minute.