CBP released its monthly encounter statistics for March on Friday, and they reveal that Southwest border apprehensions between ports of entry have exceeded a million in just the first six months of FY 2024.
In March, Border Patrol agents apprehended just fewer than 137,500 illegal migrants at the Southwest border, for a total of nearly 1.032 million in the first six months of FY 2024.
In March, the Border Patrol recorded 137,480 encounters between ports of entry along the southwest border.
While it was the lowest March for Border Patrol encounters under the Biden administration, CBP records show the first six months of fiscal year 2024 had 1,340,801 total encounters, exceeding the first six months of fiscal year 2023, which set a record of 1,226,254 total encounters.
Already in the first half of FY 2024, CBP officers have encountered nearly 309,000 illegal aliens at the Southwest border ports of entry, more than three times as many as in all of FY 2021.
The crisis at our southern border continues to escalate because of Biden Administration policies that refuse to secure the border and invite illegal immigration.
The southern Texas border, and the RGV in particular, has traditionally seen the lion's share of illegal immigration, not least because it is much closer to Mexico's southern border and thanks to its proximity to major population centers in Mexico itself.
https://cis.org/Arthur/SW-Border-Apprehensions-Exceed-One-Million-First-Six-Months-FY-2024
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