There Have Been 1 Million Migrant Encounters at Southern Border in Less Than 5 Months. ‘It Will Get Worse,’ Analyst Says.
Virginia Allen / @Virginia_Allen5 / February 27, 2023
Customs and Border Protection reports more than 1 million migrants have been encountered at the southern border since fiscal year 2023 began Oct. 1. Pictured: Migrants seeking asylum are seen alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 22. (Photo: Allison Dinner/AFP/Getty Images)
More than 1 million migrants have been encountered at the southern border just since fiscal year 2023 began on Oct. 1.
Fox News reported Saturday that Customs and Border Protection sources confirmed that migrants attempting to cross the border into the U.S. reached 1,008,217 as of Friday. “Of those, 87.8% were single adults,” Fox reported. “Just 328,454 were expelled under Title 42—the pandemic-era protocol that allows border agents to rapidly expel border crossers.”
The number of illegal-immigrant encounters at the border over the past five months is nearly double the population of Wyoming, or equal to the population of President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware.
“The 1 million-plus apprehensions for fiscal 2023 to date are only those we know about,” former Border Patrol Agent Frank Lopez told The Daily Signal. “The Biden administration has morphed the whole-of-government approach into a well-oiled machine to move as many people as possible into the U.S.,” he said.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/27/1-million-migrant-encounters-at-southern-border-5-months-will-get-worse-analyst-says/
