12,000 migrants crossed over the U.S. southern border in a single day this week.
According to a Newsmax report, the Biden Administration has set a new 1-day record for migrant crossings at the southern border; “Tuesday’s record-setting influx raised the total number of migrants in custody to more than 22,000 by Wednesday morning,” Newsmax reports.
From Newsmax:
Further, the number adds to the records already set during fiscal year 2023. The 2.4 million encounters in 2023 is a record; October’s number of 240,000 encounters set a record for that month; the 260,000 encounters in September set a record,
The surge also forced the closing of two different international crossing points last week: one a bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, and one in Lukeville, Arizona.
“So they’re kind of forced to (enter) between ports of entry if they want to seek asylum in the United States, which is just creating a lot of chaos, both for the agency and also for the organizations trying to respond,” Erika Pinheiro, executive director of migrant services at Al Otro, told the New York Post.
Meanwhile, a 2019 clip has resurfaced of President Barack Obama’s DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson saying that 1,000 border crossings a day “overwhelms the system.”
The Biden Admin just hit 12,000.
In 2019, Obama DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said 1,000 illegal border crossings per day "overwhelms the system. I cannot begin to imagine what 4,000/day looks like."
This week, there were 12,000+ illegal border crossings IN A SINGLE DAY.pic.twitter.com/tvw9O4HWWO
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