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Sat Jul 20, 2024, 09:27 AM Jul 2024

Border Patrol agents recorded the fewest monthly migrant apprehensions since 2021 on southern border

BY ALEJANDRO SERRANO
JULY 16, 2024

The number of migrants apprehended by federal authorities after illegally crossing the border into Texas decreased roughly 32% in June — a sharp drop seen across the entire U.S.-Mexico border, according to federal statistics released this week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Texas apprehended 30,771 migrants between ports of entry in June, down from 45,139 in May. Border Patrol agents apprehended 83,536 migrants in June across the southern border, down from 117,901 in May. That marked the fewest monthly apprehensions since January 2021, the month President Joe Biden took office, according to CBP figures released Monday.

The new statistics are among the first released since Biden’s executive order that widely stopped granting asylum to migrants went into effect June 5.

“Recent border security measures have made a meaningful impact on our ability to impose consequences for those crossing unlawfully,” acting CBP Commissioner Troy A. Miller said in a statement. “We are continuing to work with international partners to go after transnational criminal organizations that traffic in chaos and prioritize profit over human lives.”

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No children yanked from their Mother’s arms, either.

This and more is why Joe Biden should finish what he started.

Oh and Greg - time to bring the Guard home and spend billions on education, clinics, hospitals, dune restoration and trimming trees. Kiss my @#$

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