The number of migrant encounters recorded at the U.S. border surged to 227,547 in September, according to new figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The figure represents an all-time record for the month of September, as migrants looking for a new life in America continue to flood across the porous U.S-Mexico border.
During the same period in 2021, there were 192,001 migrant encounters. In September 2020, border agents encounter 57,674 migrants. In September 2019 it was 52,546, according to Fox News.
“While failing regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua continued to drive a new wave of migration across the western Hemisphere, the number of Venezuelans arriving at the southern border decreased sharply nearly every day since we launched additional joint actions with Mexico to reduce irregular migration and create a more fair, orderly and safe process for people fleeing the humanitarian and economic crisis in their country,” CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said in a press release — putting his best face on the numbers. --->READ MORE HERE
98 terror watchlist arrests at southern border in fiscal year 2022, smashing records
The number of migrant encounters at the U.S. southern border climbed to a record more than 227,000 during the month of September and more than 2.3 million for fiscal year 2022, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
CBP uploaded the border numbers on Friday night in what was the highest number of encounters during the month of September in Department of Homeland Security history.
CBP's numbers also show that there were 20 known or suspected terrorists arrested at the southern border in September, bringing the total terror watchlist arrests at the border for the fiscal year 2022 to 98. The number of terror watchlist arrests at the border for the last five years combined was 26.
September's migrant encounter number was a significant increase from the same month in recent years. In September 2021, there were 192,001 migrant encounters. Border agents encountered 57,674 migrants in September 2020 and 52,546 in September 2019. --->READ MORE HERE
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