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The migrant crisis under President Joe Biden has gotten even worse than it was before, hitting the highest single-day number of encounters at the border on Tuesday.
As reported by Fox News, multiple Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources told the outlet “that there were over 12,000 migrant encounters on Tuesday, adding that “over 10,200 of those were Border Patrol encounters of illegal immigrants coming between ports of entry.”
“That Border Patrol number is among the highest number of encounters ever recorded for the agency by itself but breaks a record when combined with the encounters by CBP’s Office of Field Operations at ports of entry,” the outlet noted further.
As of Wednesday morning, the agency is grappling with an excess of 22,000 migrants in custody, and multiple prominent Border Patrol sectors are significantly surpassing their capacity, according to sources. Fiscal Year 2023 has established a new record with 2.4 million migrant encounters, with September registering the highest monthly total ever recorded—exceeding 260,000 encounters. Although…
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