In May, Biden’s Border Crisis Yielded The Highest Number Of Border Arrests Ever Recorded; Record Number of Migrants Encountered at U.S.–Mexico Border in May

In May, Biden’s Border Crisis Yielded The Highest Number Of Border Arrests Ever Recorded:

Approximately 239,416 illegal immigrants were arrested trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in May, the highest number of border apprehensions ever recorded by the U.S. government.

That two-decade high beats out the previous records of 221,303 southwest border apprehensions documented in March of 2022, the 234,088 arrests recorded in April of 2022, and the 220,063 noted in March 2000 when U.S. Border Patrol first began tracking arrests.

Since the beginning of the 2022 fiscal year in October, border officials have logged at least 1.5 million arrests. That sharp increase in apprehensions puts the U.S. on track to see more than 2 million arrests at the Southwest border by the end of the fiscal year in September.

One glance at the CBP’s “Southwest Land Border Encounters By Month” chart, which was lengthened to accommodate the unparalleled influx of illegal migration over the last year and a half, clearly shows that the current surge started as soon as President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021 and hasn’t subsided since. —>READ MORE HERE

Record Number of Migrants Encountered at U.S.–Mexico Border in May:

The number of migrants apprehended crossing the southern border hit a new record last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released on Thursday.

There were 239,416 migrant encounters at the border in May, surpassing the previous record of 235,478 encounters in April. The April number had surpassed March’s total of 222,303 migrant encounters.

Of the migrants apprehended in May, 42 percent were deported under the Title 42 policy that allows border agents to immediately expel migrants due to the Covid pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on April 1 that the Title 42 policy would be rescinded by May 23, citing decreased risk from Covid because of widespread vaccinations. The move was panned by Republicans and some Democrats, and a federal judged subsequently blocked the Biden administration from rescinding the policy. —>READ MORE HERE

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