CBP data shows that encounters nationwide for Fiscal Year 2022 have reached over 2 million, already higher than the total for last fiscal year. | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security/Gerald L. Nino, CBP
CBP data shows that encounters nationwide for Fiscal Year 2022 have reached over 2 million, already higher than the total for last fiscal year. | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security/Gerald L. Nino, CBP
Acting Chief Patrol Agent Keith Hoops of the Swanton Sector says that the continuing border crisis has resulted in a 92% increase in encounters for the current fiscal year compared to last year.
The Swanton Sector includes counties in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Cheri Beasley, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, offers no concrete plan to combat the increasing number of illegal crossings.
According to her website, Beasley has voiced support for Biden’s policy of giving citizenship to illegal immigrants already living in the U.S. Critics argue this policy gives way to a rush of migrants who will overwhelm the border.
“MAJOR INCREASE!!! According to recent data, Swanton Sector’s border encounters have INCREASED over 92% from last year. Our #BorderPatrol Agents have worked tirelessly to keep America safe," Hoops wrote in a June 23 Twitter post.
According to CBP data, encounters nationwide have reached over 2 million, already higher than the total for last fiscal year, which topped off at 1,956,519 and ended Sep. 30, 2021.
A June report from the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations says that the Biden administration has removed many of the policies set in motion by the Trump administration including the migrant protection protocols, asylum cooperative agreements and prompt asylum claim review, which has eased travel restrictions and made Border Patrol’s job more difficult.
The border crisis has been characterized as a national security crisis as well as a humanitarian crisis, according to a press release. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, 4.9 million migrants have crossed the border illegally since President Biden took office, and 3.4 million have come from the southern border. In July, Border Patrol agents saw 199,976 illegal migrants cross, a 325% increase since the Trump administration.
Migrants coming from the southern border are overwhelmingly from Mexico, although data from the CBP shows an increase in encounters from Central American countries, such as Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. In Aug. 2020, there were 9,652 encounters with migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala compared to August 2021 when the number jumped to 91,925 encounters.
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