Border encounter numbers were released even later than usual this month but the result is about a 27% jump from July to August. The July total was 183,494 and in August there were about 50,000 more encounters for a total of 232,972. That figure has been higher on two occasions this fiscal year and also twice last fiscal year but I think that’s it. Even going back twenty years, it’s one of the highest totals ever recorded and this is after the Biden administration’s shift to a new program designed to reduce the influx.Read More
Border encounters were up sharply in August and September is on track to set a new record
