Over 62,000 illegal immigrants made their way past border patrol agents in March. That is an average of 2,000 a day.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources also said that America has had over 300,000 “gotaways” since October 1, the beginning of the fiscal year 2022.
Gotaways are “migrants who were not apprehended or turned themselves in and who got past agents.” The border patrol had 400,000 gotaway total in FY 2021:
Known gotaways are migrants that are seen on cameras, sensors and other means but there is no manpower to get to. Agents will also used a method called “cutting sign” in which they use a chain link fence to smooth out the surface of a dirt road – coming back later to observe foot prints.The sources point out that the true number of getaways is likely much higher, because these numbers only account for the ones they know about. The sources told Fox that Del Rio Sector has the most gotaways with about 700 a day, followed by Tucson Sector with over 500 a day.The massive numbers are the latest indicator of a surging migrant crisis on track to eclipse last year, as the Biden administration reportedly moves to end Title 42 public health protections that allow agents to quickly expel migrants at the border. Title 42 was used to expel more than half of the more than 164,000 migrants encountered in February. The 164,973 encounters was up dramatically from 101,099 in Feb. 2021 – and the number is expected to rise in the months ahead.
The situation will likely get worse when Biden ends Title 42. Some believe migrants have camped out in cities waiting for Title 42 to end:
Brandon Judd, head of the National Border Patrol Council, told Fox News Digital this week that busy parts of the border like Del Rio and Yuma Sectors are already seeing overcrowding to four times their capacity.The Border Patrol Union president warned that agents will have less than 50% of their resources in the field as agents will have to shift into administrative duties like processing and dealing with transports.”This administration has created the most dangerous situation we have ever seen on the border,” he said.
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