US border agents have confirmed that 1.2 million illegal immigrants “escaped” authorities while crossing the border under President Biden’s administration, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said. to Fox News on Sunday.
CBP tracks hundreds of thousands of migrant encounters at the US-Mexico border every month, but that statistic does not include the number of known “fugitives” or migrants who were detected by authorities but not apprehended. Since Biden took office in January 2020, border crossings have skyrocketed, with at least 1.2 million migrants successfully evading authorities.
In the first half of Biden’s four-year term, monthly border encounters increased from 101,000 in February 2021 to 251,000 in December 2022, according to CBP statistics.
Biden visited the border for the first time in his presidency in early January, but many border agents argued that it was too little too late. The border crisis has led even staunch Democrats like New York City Mayor Eric Adams to criticize Biden’s handling of the issue.
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US President Joe Biden speaks with a member of the US Border Patrol as they walk along the US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas on January 8, 2023.
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Adams described the border crisis as a national problem last week and called on Biden and Congress to take action. The northern governor has been drawn into the fight against immigration thanks to the busing policies of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has transported thousands of immigrants to New York City.
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The Republican argues that the flow of immigrants to powerful Democratic cities like New York, Chicago and Washington DC is the only way to force Democrats to face the realities of the border crisis.
Statistics suggest that terrorist organizations are also trying to take advantage of the border chaos, with arrests on terror watch lists rising from fewer than 10 a year under former President Donald Trump to 98 by 2022.
More than a thousand migrants waiting to enter the United States from Juárez, Mexico.
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Vehicles wait to enter the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) San Ysidro Port of Entry along the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on April 9, 2022.
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) saw an estimated 718,000 border encounters in the first 100 days of fiscal year 2023, which began Oct. 1.
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For a long time, the White House tried to dismiss the increase as an annual occurrence, but historical data shows that the current crisis goes well beyond traditional annual increases.
