Posted on 06/21/2024 2:39:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters with migrants falling even more in the roughly two weeks since the president announced new rules restricting asylum.
The figures are likely welcome news for a White House that has been struggling to show to voters concerned over immigration that it has control of the southern border. But the number of people coming to the border is often in flux, dependent on conditions in countries far from the U.S. and on smugglers who profit from global migration.
Border Patrol made 117,900 arrests of people entering the country between the official border crossing points in May, Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. That's 9% lower than during April, the agency said. The agency said preliminary data since President Joe Biden's June 4 announcement restricting asylum access shows arrests have fallen by 25%. “Our enforcement efforts are continuing to reduce southwest border encounters. But the fact remains that our immigration system is not resourced for what we are seeing,” said Troy A. Miller, the acting head of CBP.
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I smell Balogna.
Not investigating or arresting criminals proves a drop in crime.
MSM/leftist logic.
Completely fake, with the complicity of the Mexican government. The wickedness of these people is breathtaking
Yeah right. LOL
Its the height of Summer - its very hot, wait until the weather cools, it will go up again.
So Border Arrests are down. Who Cares?
Illegals are just released anyway. I guess this saves time and money by not going through the motions.
How many this year, 4-5 million? MILLION in 6 months?
As Mark Twain reportedly said. “There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
Obama obviously told South America to slow it down until after the election
Well, since Biden made made it legal for some 2500 to enter legally per day, it means that, those 2500 won’t be called arrests.
It’s like crime coming down when a lot of crimes stop being called crimes.
Of course arrests are down. That’s easy if we’re holding the door open for them to come right on in. God help us all!
My dad had a quote,”Torture the data long enough it will confess.”
Yes the stink is bad. None of these numbers have any meaning unless we know how many illegals DHS is flying over the ports of entry directly into the interior.
They have only given the appearance of closing the front door while they facilitate government sponsored and financed alien smuggling through the back door.
That probably means they’ve just been told not to arrest any illegal aliens now.
He didn’t need to tell souther neighbors to cool it....it’s hotter than hell here and it’ll kill you. Happens every summer.
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they let a 25% increase in border jumpers
walk right on by.
spit.
arrests are down, but what about the number of illegals coming in?
Why would they care what he says?
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