To: Land Shark who wrote (1420153 ) 9/27/2023 6:56:28 PM From: Broken_Clock Respond to You're right. Looks like more than 2.2 million illegals. WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) July Southwest border encounter numbers illustrate that, following the end of Title 42, the surge at our porous border is only worsening. The nearly 30% increase in total encounters along the Southwest border compared to June confirms a statement to the Committee by former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, who said the decrease in crossings between ports of entry following the end of Title 42 is likely to be temporary. Contrary to what the Biden administration has promised, this increase puts the Biden administration on track to reach—if not surpass—Fiscal Year 2022’s total (2,378,944). Key Facts: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported 183,503 alien encounters along the Southwest border (SWB) in July 2023. Of these encounters, 132,652 were apprehended attempting to cross illegally between ports of entry. This is a 33% increase since the previous month. Encounters by the Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Southwest border increased 12% from the previous month’s record high and up 177% from July 2022. In the first ten months of the fiscal year, 146 individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry. So far in FY23, CBP has arrested 28,325 aliens with criminal convictions or outstanding warrants nationwide, including 515 known gang members. In FY23 alone, CBP, including Air and Marine Operations , has seized 24,109 pounds of fentanyl , coming across the Southwest border—enough to kill 5.4 billion people. Since the beginning of FY23, 17,894 Chinese nationals have been encountered along the Southwest border—a 722% increase in encounters compared to all of last fiscal year. homeland.house.gov
