Border crisis shows few signs of slowing as migrant encounters, fentanyl seizures stay high

The Biden administration has been facing a continuing crisis at the southern border after taking office in January, and so far there are few signs of it slowing down significantly - with the number of migrants and seizures of the deadly drug fentanyl continuing to rise.

REPUBLICANS GRILL MAYORKAS ON LACK OF FUNDING FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS, WALL. The 180,034 May encounters is up massively from the 23,237 seen last year, and even higher than the 144,166 in May 2019 at the peak of that year's border crisis.

BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARREST MORE MS-13 GANG MEMBERS, SEX OFFENDERS TRYING TO ILLEGALLY ENTER US. Meanwhile, images have continued to surface of unaccompanied children - who the Biden administration is not removing via Title 42 - being dumped at the border by smugglers and left to fend for themselves.

More than 36,000 people died from overdoses involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl in 2019, according to the CDC. As more migrants come to the border, it is leaving more becoming stranded in the wilderness and the increasing heat.

Border Patrol agents have continued to apprehend gang members and sex offenders at the border among other criminal illegal immigrants.

One statistic that suggests some let up for the administration is in the number of unaccompanied children coming across the border, which has decreased from record highs in March to about 10,000 in the month of May. Officials have also pointed to the decrease of children in Border Patrol custody, while the 16,000 migrant children currently in Health and Human Services custody is lower than the 22,000 in custody last month - although that is not due to the children not being removed, but being united with sponsors across the country.

BORDER PATROL FINDING SLEW OF U-HAUL TRUCKS PACKED WITH MIGRANTS IN DEADLY CONDITIONS AS NUMBERS SURGE. Republicans have blamed the surge in migration and smuggling activity on the Biden administration's policies - including the ending of the Migrant Protection Protocols and border wall construction, as well as a narrowing of interior enforcement.
 

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