According to US Customs and Border Protection data, migrant encounters at the southern US border reached a record high of over 227,000 during September.
On Friday night, CBP uploaded the most frequently encountered border numbers in September in Homeland Security history.
September’s 227,547 migrant encounters are also up significantly from the same month in recent years.
In September 2021, there were 192,001 immigrant encounters. Border Patrol encountered 57,674 migrants for her in September 2020 and 52,546 for him in September 2019.
South border migrant encounters rose to more than 200,000 encounters in August, as numbers from spikes in Venezuela, Cuba
“While regimes have collapsed in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, and new waves of immigration continue to flood the entire Western Hemisphere, the South has continued to take additional joint actions with Mexico to reduce irregular immigration. The number of Venezuelans arriving at our border has dropped sharply almost every day, creating a fairer, more orderly and safer process for those fleeing humanitarian and economic crises in our country,” said the CBP Commissioner. Chris Magnus said in a press release.
“Over the past week, the number of Venezuelans attempting to enter Venezuela has dropped by more than 80% compared to the week before the joint enforcement action began,” he continued. “This early data is not reflected in the most recent report, but it confirms what we have been saying all along: With legal and orderly ways to enter, individuals would risk their lives to smugglers. They are less likely to be caught trying to cross the border illegally.”
Last month’s figure also increased from August, which had 203,598 immigrant encounters.
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September data revealed that fiscal year 2022 ended with 2,378,944 migrant encounters, the highest ever for a fiscal year. This figure does not include the 599,000 known “fugitives” who CBP sources told Fox News he evaded capture in the 2022 fiscal year.
“CBP and DHS will continue to work with local partners to address the root causes of immigration, expand legal channels, expedite deportations, and keep thousands of smugglers off the streets,” Magnus said. said Mr. “People who have no legal basis to stay in the country should be excluded and should not make the dangerous journey, regardless of what smugglers say.”
CBP figures also show there were 20 known or suspected terrorist arrests at the southern border in September, bringing the total number of terrorist arrests at the border to 98 in fiscal 2022. .
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In contrast, a total of 26 people have been arrested on the terrorist watch list at the border over the past five years.