Wednesday, December 21, 2022

DHS Sets Gag Order on Migrant Apprehension Numbers at Border

Monday’s DHS directive prohibiting CBP managers from releasing migrant apprehension statistics

  • The unprecedented directive took immediate effect and is intended to curb routine disclosures of migrant apprehensions near the southern border
  • DHS OPA guidance on social media coordination for the lifting of Title 42
  • May allow DHS to control narrative as the looming border crisis is expected to worsen after Title 42

The source further emphasized that future apprehension data releases could be delayed and presented in such a manner to minimize the impacts of the crisis.

  • In the Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector, where migrant apprehensions are second only to the El Paso Sector, routine weekly social media postings concerning migrant apprehension data have also ceased
  • No weekly migrant apprehension statistics have been posted

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