Just playing devil’s advocate, but there were a record number of immigrants crossing the border so far this year. Could be volume based. Could be they really are doing worse.
Detainees as a percentage of crossings would be a better metric.
The numbers were the highest since March 2000, when more than 223,000 immigrants were stopped by the Border Patrol at the southern border.
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That's basically what is happening
Number of attempted crossings at southern U.S. border hits 21-year high
The numbers were the highest since March 2000, when more than 223,000 immigrants were stopped by the Border Patrol at the southern border.
WASHINGTON — U.S. border agents stopped more than 188,000 immigrants
trying to cross the southern U.S. border in June, marking a 21-year high in monthly border crossings, as the Biden administration considers lifting Covid-19 restrictions and allowing more immigrants to claim asylum in the U.S.
The numbers were the highest since March 2000, when more than 223,000 immigrants were stopped by the Border Patrol at the southern border.
Of the 188,829
border crossers in June, nearly 105,000 were expelled back into Mexico without being given the chance to claim asylum in the U.S. due to the government’s use of Title 42, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authority used to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Media reports have indicated the Biden administration has drafted plans to end the policy by July 31, and some, including Chief Brian Hastings, head of the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector, have said the end of the policy could spark a rise in migration.
Media reports have indicated the Biden administration has drafted plans to end the policy by July 31, and some, including Chief Brian Hastings, head of the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector, have said the end of the policy could spark a rise in migration.
