Border encounters (previously known as apprehensions) continue to spike, according to preliminary data released in court documents by David Shahoulian, Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). …
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The border continues to be embroiled in chaos with no end in sight. On June 9, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released data on Southwest border encounters for May. The data show border officials apprehended 180,034 illegal aliens last month, an in…
Each day, up to 1,000 illegal aliens – and likely many more — evade apprehension at the southern border en route into the U.S. These “got-aways” have spiked in recent weeks as more Border Patrol officers are pulled off frontline duty to tend to c…
U.S. immigration officials apprehended nearly 70,000 illegal aliens at the southern border last month—the highest monthly total for October in 15 years—despite a number of COVID-19 travel and border restrictions remaining in place. The surge is of sign…
Things never seem to stay quiet on the immigration issue for very long. This past September, border apprehensions suddenly shot up to more than 57,000, the highest total for the month of September in 15 years, as well as the highest number of apprehens…