US border encounters top 2 million in fiscal year 2022
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Marco Ugarte/AP
CNN
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US border authorities encountered more than 2 million migrants, some of whom repeatedly tried to cross the border, in fiscal year 2022, according to newly released US Customs and Border Protection data.
The new data shows a marked increased from fiscal year 2021 when there were more than 1.7 million encounters.
The administration has been grappling with a growing number of migrants at the US-Mexico border over recent months, many of whom are now from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/politics/border-encounters-migrants-2022/index.html
