The number is likely higher because the total doesn't include all CBP sectors and Office of Field Operation data.
CBP reported overall apprehensions in February were up by 2% from January, apprehensions of single adults and unaccompanied minors were also up by 1.5% and 16%, respectively.
The official total of nearly 213,000 apprehensions last month "Includes Border Patrol encounters and includes noncitizens processed at Ports of Entry including individuals who sought an exception to the Title 42 public health order based on certain vulnerabilities and scheduled an appointment to present in advance via the CBP One mobile application," CBP states.
CBP reported increases in several apprehension categories.
Even though apprehensions were up, and after roughly 1,000 foreign nationals rushed the Paso Del Norte bridge in Mexico attempting to enter El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, citing frustrations with CBP's new phone app, CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller credited the app for keeping the numbers down.
"We are also encouraged by the new functionality in the CBP One mobile application, which has provided migrants the ability to safely and easily schedule an appointment at a Port of Entry to request a humanitarian exception to the Title 42 public health order. The app cuts out the smugglers and decreases migrant exploitation. CBP continues to make improvements to the app to address feedback we have received from stakeholders." CBP also reported tens of thousands of foreign nationals were released into the U.S. through the app.
Prior to a federal judge ruling last week that the Biden administration's parole program was illegal, CBP reported that "22,755 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans were paroled into the country by the CBP Office of Field Operations through the parole processes established for Venezuelans in October and expanded to the additional nationalities in January."
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