A Sick Record Has Just Been Set At The Southern Border!
The number of migrants crossing the southwest border is expected to rise as it started next week. The homeland security officials have predicted that the number could be much higher if the Biden administration decides to lift the public health order made by President Trump at the beginning of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, nearly 8,000 migrants were apprehended that breaking the single-day record for migrant encounters at the southwest border.
The source also added that since October, 7 of 10 migrants apprehended 1 are single adults. The source says limited removal pathways are contributing to overcrowding at Border Patrol processing facilities.
The agency encountered migrants who crossed the Rio Grande en masse into Del Rio, Texas, and was forced to crowd under a bridge for days until they could be processed by border officials. And according to the officials, this is the kind of situation that they are trying to avoid.
The source also added that the agency encountered large migrant groups numbering more than 200 in size and 187 who crossed the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass were caught and quickly surrendered.
A decision about the order, put in place by the Trump administration two years ago this month, could come as early as Wednesday, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may decide whether to renew it for another 60 days.
The source says limited removal options are causing large amounts of released migrants. The only significant tool is the Trump era emergency Title 42 COVID-19 CDC order, which could quickly expel applicable migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador with minimal administrative processing.
Since October, border officials have apprehended 900,000 undocumented migrants at the southwest border, the Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday. During the 2021 fiscal year, undocumented migrants were caught a record-breaking 1.7 million times. The number of illegal crossings went up significantly after President Biden took office compared with the previous year, when numbers were down, in part because of the pandemic.
Sources: Breitbart, New York Times