More encounters were recorded at the southern border of the United States in fiscal year 2023 than at any other since the government began collecting such records in 1960, surprising new data shows.
September alone also broke monthly records at the border, with 269,735 apprehensions recorded, according to new figures released by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The record was previously set in December 2022, which saw 252,315 people attempt to cross into the US. The third highest month recorded was August this year with 232,963 people.
Border officials saw more than 2.4 million encounters in the last fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to federal agency statistics — ending the third year in a row that southern border apprehension figures broke the record set the year before.
More than 2.3 million people tried to enter the US in fiscal year 2022, while the previous year the record was set at more than 1.7 million.
In 2020, the fiscal year before President Biden took office, there were only 458,088.
Fiscal year 2023 saw more apprehensions on the southern border than any previous year on record. James Keivom
The figure does not include “tourists” – those known to have crossed into the US but not caught, whether those who have been seen on camera but not caught to those who have been able to escape border patrol officers.
Earlier this month, CBP chief Jason Owens warned that with border agents overwhelmed by having to process immigrants who turned themselves in legally at points of entry on the southern border, an average of 1,125 refugees were slipping into the country each day. Fox News reported Monday there have been 23,000 “known holidays” since Oct. 1.
“These are individuals whose identity and purpose we do not know. That’s why you need every Border Patrol agent on the ground and patrolling,” he wrote on X.
DHS did not immediately release data on deportation numbers, but they recently claimed that between June and August they sent an average of 83,000 people back to their countries of origin. New York Post
CBP said it had repatriated more than 250,000 people detained at the border between May and September.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not immediately release data on deportation numbers, but they recently claimed that between June and August they sent an average of 83,000 people back to their countries of origin, or to Mexico under an agreement to deport immigrants to US countries of origin have no diplomatic relations with him.
The majority of September’s apprehensions were people coming from Venezuela, totaling 54,833 arrests, a separate report showed.
Mexican immigrants were the most encountered, with 39,733 apprehensions recorded, followed by Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia.
President Biden has guaranteed temporary protected legal status and work permits to an estimated 500,000 Venezuelans who arrived in the US before July 31. The administration also continues to allow up to 43,000 people a month into the country through the CBP One application.
Migrant workers at the southern border in 1959. The US government began tracking border data in 1960Michael Rougier/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock
Diplomatic relations with Venezuela were recently re-established, allowing the US to begin flying people back to the country. Last week the first flight was sent with 130 Venezuelan migrants.
Biden has earmarked $14 billion for border security in a new spending package announced Friday, according to ABC, but said he can’t reach any long-term solutions without help from congress.
Others see it differently than Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, placed the blame squarely on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the current administration.
“This fiscal year may be over, but the historic crisis on our Southwest border triggered by Mayorkas’ policies lingers on,” he said.
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