What we know from the latest border numbers
PUBLISHED: Tue, MAR 28th 2023 @ 11:47 am EDT by Jeremy Beck
The 130,000 encounters at the border in February were 20,000 fewer than last February, but more than any other February dating back to Fiscal Year 2002.
The real-world numbers are much worse, according to former immigration judge Andrew R. Arthur, but they "don't show up in CBP's apprehension stats because in lieu of entering illegally, the administration ushered them into the United States in an illegal status through the ports."
Good intentions and bad judgment have created a child labor and trafficking crisis.
More than a quarter-million unaccompanied minors have been released into the United States over the past two years. Case workers estimate that two-thirds of them have ended up working full time. The New York Times reports:
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/what-we-know-latest-border-numbers
