There were 251,487 migrant encounters at the southern border in December alone, Customs and Border Protection confirmed Friday — a new high in the historic crisis.
Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins reports border patrol agents are losing faith in the Biden administration and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as illegal immigrants continue to pour into the U.S. on 'Special Report.'at the southern border in December surpassed 250,000 in December alone, Customs and Border Protection confirmed Friday evening — marking a new high for the Biden-era border crisis as it enters its third year.
which has been used to expel migrants at the border rapidly since March 2020. A court had ordered the public health order be ended on Dec. 21. The uncertainty around the order saw migrants flood to the border, but the ending of the order was put on hold by the Supreme Court. , which combined a limited humanitarian parole program with expanded removals under Title 42, are working. CBP said in its release that there was an 82% drop in encounters since September, dropping from roughly 1,100 a day the week before the process was announced to about 100 a day in December.
Mayorkas has emphasized that the migration challenge is hemisphere-wide, saying that"mass migration has gripped our hemisphere."There have been signs of tougher approach to enforcement this month by the administration. President Biden visited the border in El Paso, Texas, and preceded it by announcing that the parole program and Title 42 expulsions for Venezuelans will also be expanded to include Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans.
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