Federal officials tallied 251,487 illegal-entry encounters at the US-Mexican border in December 2022.
More than 1 million illegal migrants reportedly have evaded authorities while crossing the US border since President Biden has been in the Oval Office.border agents have tallied 1.2 million migrants who got away after an illegal crossing since January 2021.
CBP records the number of migrant encounters at the southern border monthly; it doesn’t compile how many migrants are on authorities’ radar but aren’t taken into custody.Federal officials tracked 251,487 illegal entry encounters at the That figure — a record for highest monthly total — is steeper than the 179,253 in December 2021 or the 73,994 in December 2020, according to CBP data.AFP via Getty Images
The migrant border surge in December 2022 intensified as the Trump-era policy Title 42 was set to expire — before thethe policy in place for now. The order allows Border Patrol agents to quickly return migrants to Mexico in order to fight the spread of COVID-19. December’s tally comes after a record-breaking 2022 fiscal year that notched more than 2.4 million migrants crossing the border. Republicans have sharply criticized Biden’s handling of the border — and
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