October Border Encounters 128 Percent Higher Than Previous Year
avatar By Jason Pena November 17, 2021 No Comments
President Joe Biden’s border crisis still rages on as Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 began last month. On November 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced authorities encountered 164,303 illegal aliens along the Southwest border in October. While the number of detained illegal aliens decreased from the encounters made in September, October has surpassed the 71,929 encounters made the same month last year – a 128 percent increase. Last month’s figures also exceeded the number of illegal aliens encountered at the southern border in October in the past 21 years.
The data also shows that of the 164,303 illegal aliens detained last month, 29 percent had at least one prior encounter with border agents in the past 12 months, which is double the reentry rate before the pandemic began. Based on the recidivism rate, the Biden administration’s anti-borders mandates encourage foreign nationals to make several attempts to enter the United States unlawfully.
The CBP data does not account for “got-aways,” which are illegal aliens who evaded capture or detection by border officials. An estimated 30,000 illegal aliens escape Border Patrol custody each month, but the number of migrants who entered the country unlawfully is likely much higher. Unfortunately, the record-breaking encounters have not prompted the Biden administration to take meaningful action to tamp down the chaos emanating from the porous border. In fact, the administration has prioritized the possibility of awarding $450,000 to migrants who have violated our immigration laws.
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