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The number of migrant encounters at the southern border this
fiscal year has now exceeded two million, sources tell Fox News
— a number that marks a new record, as well as a glaring sign of
the enormous and ongoing crisis facing agents, officials and
communities at the border.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Monday that there
were 199,976 migrant encounters in July, taking the total so far
this fiscal year to 1.946 million encounters.
CBP sources tell Fox that since then, that numbers have now
surpassed the two million mark, a milestone not hit before at
the border. Last year, in a record-setting year that saw more
than 1.7 million encounters, agents had made approximately 1.2
million encounters at this time.
The migrant crisis escalated around the time the Biden
administration took office, jumping from around 72,000
encounters at the end of 2020 to 173,000 by March 2021. The
numbers have not come close to dipping below the 150,000
encounters-a-month mark since then.
US SOUTHERN BORDER SAW NEARLY 200,000 MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS IN JULY
AS BORDER CRISIS ROLLS ON
Most recently there were four months of 200,000+ apprehensions,
and only just dipped by a few dozen under that number in July.
The Biden administration has noted that the number of encounters
is inflated by recidivism due to Title 42 expulsions, whereby
migrants who are quickly expelled under the order often make
multiple crossing attempts. The administration has sought to end
the order, implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has so
far been blocked by a court order. There were 162,792 unique
encounters in July.
CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus has also noted that July’s numbers
are the second consecutive month of decline, albeit slight.
"July marked the second month of decreased encounters along the
Southwest border— the first two-month drop since October 2021,"
he said in a statement. "We continue to take action to reduce
irregular migration and dismantle the human smuggling operations
that put migrants in danger."
FENTANYL SEIZURES AT SOUTHERN BORDER JUMPED OVER 200% IN JULY
The border crisis has been a constant headache for both the
Biden administration and for officials and communities at the
border. Texas and Arizona have recently started moving migrants
to Washington, D.C., and New York City in protest of the Biden
administration's policies.
Republicans have blamed the Biden administration for rolling
back Trump-era policies such as the "Remain-in-Mexico" policy,
which kept migrants in Mexico rather than releasing them into
the U.S. The administration was recently given the green light
to end that policy after a lengthy court battle.
It has also stopped wall construction and has sought to
significantly narrow interior immigration enforcement — but has
also been blocked from doing so by a legal challenge going
through the courts.
The Biden administration, meanwhile, has pointed to the regional
nature of the crisis and has sought to tackle root causes like
poverty and corruption in Central America. The administration
has recently sought to slash asylum processing times with a new
rule and has touted new immigration commitments after the Summit
of the Americas, including a smuggling crackdown.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently claimed
that the border is "secure" — a claim which FBI Director
Christopher Wray declined to endorse. Instead, he described
"significant security issues" present at the border.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-encounters-southern-
border-exceed-2-million-fy-22-biden-era-crisis-continues
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