"Absolutely needed to address COVID and the border crisis that is growing worse every month." The Biden administration has made other efforts to reduce the number of migrants under Homeland Security custody. Since the beginning of this year, it has worked to set up emergency shelters for...
An unusually high rate of repeat crossings during the coronavirus pandemic has also inflated the border arrest tallies. Here are the facts about arrivals of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border during the Biden administration. Border arrests have reached record levels Border Patrol, an agency ...
The timing of the release of the November border numbers, on the Friday before Christmas, irked some Republicans who have been critical of the way the Biden administration has handled the issue of immigration. “November had the most illegal border crossings ever for the month with 233,740 know...
The all-time monthly record in border crossings by Venezuelans partially fueled a yearly high in unauthorized arrivals along the southern border in September, making up roughly a quarter of more than 200,000 apprehensionsreportedby Border Patrol last month. On some days, as many as 3,000 migra...
MORE: Biden moves to relieve strain of child border crossings There are now 4,276 children in custody, up from about 3,400 earlier in the week. It is a 25% increase, which sources tell ABC News is troubling and could lead to the kind of environment last seen during the 2018-2019 su...
Unlawful border crossings, Nuñez-Neto added, remain roughly 70% below the record 10,000 daily arrivals reported just prior to Title 42's termination. But he cautioned that the situation could still change. "We know that there are tens of thousands migrants in Mexico and more between Mexico...
has fueled a higher-than-usual rate of repeat border crossings, as some migrants have tried to enter the U.S. unlawfully more than once after being expelled. In September, for example, 26% of migrants interdicted had been previously taken into U.S. custody, Customs and Border Protection sai...
US officials on Monday touted another month of low border crossings, citing recent executive action curbing asylum access at the US southern border, even as former President Donald Trump levels campaign attacks over the Biden administration’s handling o
US officials on Monday touted another month of low border crossings, citing recent executive action curbing asylum access at the US southern border, even as former President Donald Trump levels campaign attacks over the Biden administration’s handling o