US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a news report on Friday afternoon that contact between Southwest border agents and the border reached a 20-year high in June, 5% higher than the figure in May.The agency’s Operation statistics Proof last month
CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller (Troy Miller) said that for agents and immigrants, crossing the border into the United States is becoming more and more dangerous. Although the agency does its best to rescue immigrants in trouble, especially in the summer:
“[T]The terrain along the route is extreme, the summer is very hot, and the desert immigrants who have to hike for miles after crossing the border in many areas are ruthless. “
“[We’re] I saw a large number of immigrants who were abandoned by smugglers in dangerous areas calling CBP for help, ignoring their lives. “
CBP agents reported that there were 188,829 contacts with immigrants trying to enter the United States in June. This number is an increase of 5% from the 20-year high in May. Kamala Harris claimed that the government has made “great progress.”
Although government officials claimed that this was a “seasonal immigrant,” Bill Mellukin, a national correspondent for Fox News, who spent most of the past two months at the Texas/Mexico border, said that usually during the hot summer, immigrants Will slow down rather than increase – and use CBP’s own chart to question their numbers.
There is no way to rotate these numbers. This is not a seasonal migration. It hasn’t slowed down under extreme heat as usual, it will only get worse. We have now had more than 170,000 worries for 3 consecutive months.
When Title 42 disappears, expect a bigger jump.— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 16, 2021
This CBP chart shows the trend of Biden’s border surge in 2021 (blue) and Trump’s border surge in 2019 (orange).
Trump’s numbers dropped sharply after May 2019. Biden’s numbers continue to soar after May 2021. pic.twitter.com/8ClNyzPCaY
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 16, 2021
The report also shows that in the past year, many people who tried to enter the United States had contact with the Border Patrol:
In June 2021, 34% of encounters were individuals who had had at least one encounter in the past 12 months, and the average annual re-encounter rate for the 2014-2019 fiscal year was 14%.
Although single adults account for most of the immigrants’ encounters, the Biden administration recently warned the Border Patrol that it will “process up to 1,200 family units a day” after the president ends Article 42. This is former President Donald Trump. A measure used to prevent immigrants from entering the U.S. Washington Liberty Lighthouse.
Encounters with unaccompanied minors also jumped from 14,137 in May to 15,253 in June. This represents an increase of 8%. The CBP report also pointed out that the number of children in custody decreased from 5,767 in March to 832 in June. Considering the difficulties the Biden administration has encountered in reuniting minors with relatives already living in the United States, this is A significant improvement. In addition, the report states that “the average detention time for unaccompanied children dropped from 133 hours on March 29 to 28 hours on June 30, 2021.”
CBP also detailed the significant increase in the number of rescues carried out by its agents in June. The agency pointed out that this increase was due to smugglers abandoning immigrants in “remote and dangerous areas.” CBP performed 9,500 rescue operations in June, which is 81% higher than all rescue operations conducted last year.
The increase in border encounters seems to indicate that the crisis will not subside anytime soon. Given that CBP handles asylum seekers while also arresting those who try to cross the border illegally, this may cause more problems.Worryingly, this situation also Authorization Mexican drug cartel.
Unaccompanied minors are processed faster and the number of children coming to the border has decreased, which is a welcome sign. However, the Biden administration still has a long way to go to correct the problems it has caused. At this point, it is still uncertain whether the president is competent for this task.
