Border encounters exceed 150,000 for 24th consecutive month
PUBLISHED: Mon, MAR 20th 2023 @ 11:27 am EDT by Chris Chmielenski
This story was originally posted in the March 19th Newsletter.
Total encounters of illegal aliens at the Southwest border remained steady at 154,998 in February, marking the 24th consecutive month that encounters exceeded 150,000.
Of the nearly 155,000 encounters, Border Patrol agents made 128,877 apprehensions of illegal border crossers. The rest (26,211) were illegal aliens who tried to enter the U.S. at a port of entry along the Southwest border.
In January, Border Patrol agents made 128,913 apprehensions and total encounters were 156,770.
While the numbers have dropped significantly since their December high of 251,995 total encounters, they're still well above historical averages. In the six years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, border apprehensions in February averaged 41,685. In four of those six years, apprehensions were less than 40,000.
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/border-encounters-exceed-150000-24th-consecutive-month
