U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released data Friday evening that showed 250,000 migrants crossed the southern border last month.
CBP released operational statistics for December 2022, which can be viewed on our website.
Press release: https://t.co/96lxf7MZ0J
Stats: https://t.co/OxSPSKx76u pic.twitter.com/I8kPCBjpYw
— CBP (@CBP) January 21, 2023
“Trying to hide just how bad the crisis at the border has become, the Biden administration released December border numbers in a late Friday night news dump,” the Republican National Committee (RNC) noted of the late night data drop.
A total of 251,487 migrants were encountered at the southern border in December, surpassing the 179,253 encountered in December 2021 and the 73,994 encountered in December 2020, CBP data showed.
🚨 BREAKING: 251,487 illegal immigrants were apprehended at the border in December — another month with the most apprehensions on record.
A stunning 5.6 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border since Biden took office. pic.twitter.com/jPB1aeUfSe
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 21, 2023
Despite the record number of encounters, CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller stated that the data “shows our new border enforcement measures are working,” citing the decrease of Venezuelans unlawfully crossing the southern border.
Despite Miller’s victory lap, a total of 216,162 “unique individuals” were encountered along the southern border in December 2022, an increase of 11 percent over November data.
In addition, according to CBP data, 2,414 pounds of deadly fentanyl and 10,308 pounds of methamphetamine were seized at the southern border in December alone.
“This is a complete disregard for the safety and security of our country. Joe Biden has failed to stop human smugglers, gangs, and fentanyl from flowing into our country unchecked. Biden created a humanitarian crisis and allows violent crime and drugs to ravage our communities. Republicans support enforcing the law and securing our border, but Joe Biden refuses to do either,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement in response to the CBP data.
There have been 5.6 million illegal immigrant crossings since Biden took office. Among these are the five million illegal immigrants apprehended by CBP and the one million gotaways who eluded Border Patrol.
The Biden Administration’s border crisis is directly in the crosshairs of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which has announced that it is in the process of preparing for its first hearing into the crisis during the week of February 6th, as previously reported by Roaring Right.
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