Illegal immigration numbers surpass 2 million, nearly 800 border deaths in 2022 top record highs
Migrants wait outside the Migrant Resource Center on September 19, 2022, in San Antonio. The San Antonio Migrant Resource Center is the place of origin of the two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants who were sent via Florida to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
United States law enforcement officials have encountered a record number of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in the fiscal year 2022 as the number of deaths at the border has also reached a new high.
Statistics compiled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal 2,150,639 encounters between law enforcement officials and people entering the country illegally at the U.S.-Mexico border in the first 11 months of the fiscal year, which concludes at the end of September.
With each of the past six months bringing an additional 200,000 border crossings, the number of illegal migrants intercepted at the southwest border will likely approach 2.5 million for fiscal year 2022.
By contrast, the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2021 saw just 1,542,685 encounters. The two previous years saw 400,414 and 924,963 encounters in the first 11 months. The fiscal year 2018 saw 396,579 encounters and 2017 saw just above 300,000.
President Joe Biden cited a change in the demographic makeup of the border crossers as the cause of the surge.
When asked at a press conference this week why the border was "overwhelmed" on his watch, Biden responded, "there are fewer immigrants coming from Central America and from Mexico," adding, "This is a totally different circumstance."
"What's on my watch now is Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua and the ability to send them back to those states is not rational," Biden said.
Critics of the Biden administration attribute the rise in border crossings, which are overwhelming the sparsely populated towns along the U.S.-Mexico border, to its abolition of the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols, that required those seeking asylum to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims were adjudicated.
The CBP officials have recorded as many as 782 migrants who have died trying to cross the southern border so far in the fiscal year 2022, sources told Fox News. CNN reported earlier this month that at least 748 migrants have died crossing the southern border, eclipsing last year's record by over 200.
The path for many migrants through Central America is dangerous, and there have been multiple reports of mass casualties related to human trafficking. In July, 53 migrants, including three children, were found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in the sweltering heat of San Antonio. Two men were indicted for their roles in what is said to be the deadliest smuggling incident in U.S. history.
Illegal immigration has dominated national headlines in the past week. Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has received praise and criticism for sending 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard, a popular vacation destination off the coast of Massachusetts.
Praise for the move focuses on the purported hypocrisy of Martha's Vineyard for proclaiming itself a sanctuary city that welcomes illegal immigrants and shields them from deportation, only to put them on a bus to the mainland less than 48 hours after their arrival and transported to a military base at Cape Cod.
East coast elites love liberal, open-border policies until they backfire in their backyard.
On Twitter, radio host Clay Travis posted a picture of a sign on Martha's Vineyard proclaiming that "We stand with immigrants, with refugees, with indigenous peoples, and with people of all faiths." Travis suggested that after working on getting the migrants off the island, Martha's Vineyard would have to "update their virtue signaling sign."
If a sanctuary city like Martha's Vineyard doesn't have the capacity or resources for 50 illegal immigrants, then why do liberals think border towns in Texas would?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/immigratio...-2022.html
Migrants wait outside the Migrant Resource Center on September 19, 2022, in San Antonio. The San Antonio Migrant Resource Center is the place of origin of the two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants who were sent via Florida to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
United States law enforcement officials have encountered a record number of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in the fiscal year 2022 as the number of deaths at the border has also reached a new high.
Statistics compiled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveal 2,150,639 encounters between law enforcement officials and people entering the country illegally at the U.S.-Mexico border in the first 11 months of the fiscal year, which concludes at the end of September.
With each of the past six months bringing an additional 200,000 border crossings, the number of illegal migrants intercepted at the southwest border will likely approach 2.5 million for fiscal year 2022.
By contrast, the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2021 saw just 1,542,685 encounters. The two previous years saw 400,414 and 924,963 encounters in the first 11 months. The fiscal year 2018 saw 396,579 encounters and 2017 saw just above 300,000.
President Joe Biden cited a change in the demographic makeup of the border crossers as the cause of the surge.
When asked at a press conference this week why the border was "overwhelmed" on his watch, Biden responded, "there are fewer immigrants coming from Central America and from Mexico," adding, "This is a totally different circumstance."
"What's on my watch now is Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua and the ability to send them back to those states is not rational," Biden said.
Critics of the Biden administration attribute the rise in border crossings, which are overwhelming the sparsely populated towns along the U.S.-Mexico border, to its abolition of the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, also known as Migrant Protection Protocols, that required those seeking asylum to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims were adjudicated.
The CBP officials have recorded as many as 782 migrants who have died trying to cross the southern border so far in the fiscal year 2022, sources told Fox News. CNN reported earlier this month that at least 748 migrants have died crossing the southern border, eclipsing last year's record by over 200.
The path for many migrants through Central America is dangerous, and there have been multiple reports of mass casualties related to human trafficking. In July, 53 migrants, including three children, were found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in the sweltering heat of San Antonio. Two men were indicted for their roles in what is said to be the deadliest smuggling incident in U.S. history.
Illegal immigration has dominated national headlines in the past week. Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has received praise and criticism for sending 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard, a popular vacation destination off the coast of Massachusetts.
Praise for the move focuses on the purported hypocrisy of Martha's Vineyard for proclaiming itself a sanctuary city that welcomes illegal immigrants and shields them from deportation, only to put them on a bus to the mainland less than 48 hours after their arrival and transported to a military base at Cape Cod.
East coast elites love liberal, open-border policies until they backfire in their backyard.
On Twitter, radio host Clay Travis posted a picture of a sign on Martha's Vineyard proclaiming that "We stand with immigrants, with refugees, with indigenous peoples, and with people of all faiths." Travis suggested that after working on getting the migrants off the island, Martha's Vineyard would have to "update their virtue signaling sign."
If a sanctuary city like Martha's Vineyard doesn't have the capacity or resources for 50 illegal immigrants, then why do liberals think border towns in Texas would?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/immigratio...-2022.html
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