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Border Crisis

FLOOD: Record 12,600 Migrant Encounters in One Day, 3 Million Waiting for Hearings

posted by Hannity Staff - 12.20.23

Biden’s border continues to burn…

According to a New York Post report, a record-breaking 12,600 migrant encounters were logged at the southern border in just 24 hours; many migrants entered by crossing the Rio Grande.

Since the end of Title 42, migrant encounters have ticked up at the southern border, with more than 304,000 migrants attempting to gain entry in August, 341,000 in September, and 310,000 in October.

From The New York Post:

Border resources are stretched so thin, road and rail crossings have been closed so all available officers can be diverted to processing the arriving migrants.

The Biden administration’s plan to control the flow was for migrants to wait in another country until they could get an appointment via the CBP One app, with up to 30,000 people per month allowed into the US to pursue asylum applications.

“Do not just show up at the border. Stay where you are and apply legally from there,” President Biden said in January.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also claimed a month later: “People who arrive at the border without using a lawful pathway will be presumed ineligible for asylum.”

The backlog for immigration hearings has hit 3 million names. The CBP has recorded 1.9m border encounters in fiscal year 2021, 2.8m in 2022, and 3.2m in 2023.

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan shared the story on X, asking how much longer this could go on.

“12,600 migrants encountered at the southern border in the last 24 hours. The highest single-day total ever recorded. Breaks the previous record from two weeks ago. How long until the record is broken again?”

Members of the GOP are readying impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayrokas for his failure to secure the southern border.

More over at The New York Post: