The Biden administration has yet to release December border crossing numbers that Customs and Border Protection has circulated internally for at least 10 days, raising concerns on Capitol Hill that the White House is concealing damaging information about the severity of the border crisis.
A spokeswoman for CBP told the Washington Free Beacon the December numbers are "Scheduled to be released soon," although she did not answer why they were delayed.
"We don't have the December numbers, and it's certainly something [CBP] knows. They're just not releasing them," Rep. Chip Roy told the Free Beacon.
Border crossing numbers are typically released in the first two weeks of the subsequent month, although November's were released on Dec. 17, 2021.
Aside from rising migrant encounters in December-a reversal of historical trends in winter months when there is typically less migration-the court documents reveal 55,626 migrants were released into the interior of the United States that month.
President Joe Biden has overseen the largest influx of migrants at the southern border in recorded history.
During the 2021 fiscal year, Border Patrol arrested more than 1.6 million migrants.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-withholds-december-border-crossing-numbers/
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