{"id":25428,"date":"2022-02-17T14:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25428"},"modified":"2022-02-17T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:00:35","slug":"border-data-hardly-good-news-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2022\/02\/17\/border-data-hardly-good-news-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"January Southern Border Encounters Increased by 321 Percent from Trump\u2019s Final Full Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In January 2022, migrant encounters at the southern border increased by 321 percent from the same time during President Trump\u2019s final full year, according to preliminary data found in a court filing<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigration authorities reportedly\nencountered 153,941 migrants at the southern border in January 2022, which is\nabout four times larger than the 36,585 the Trump administration encountered in\nJanuary 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly obtained figures also represent<\/a> a more than 96 percent increase from the same time last year\u2014the first month of the Biden presidency. Immigration authorities encountered 78,414 migrants in January 2021.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these alarming findings, outlets like CBS News touted the results, arguing<\/a> that the \u201cnumber represents the second-highest month-to-month drop in migrant apprehensions during the Biden administration, \u201cis the lowest level since February 2021,\u201d and is a \u201c14 percent\u201d decrease from the previous month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is little reason to view a modest\ndecline from historically high numbers as a success or promising trend. \u201cOnly\u201d\n153,941 border encounters in a single month is hardly a cause for celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border encounters typically decline during the winter months. Cold weather<\/a> deters migrants from making the trek to the U.S.-Mexico border. Holidays, like Christmas at the end of December, may also deter migrants from trekking to the southern border so that they can remain with families at home. Given the large number of Catholic-dominant<\/a> countries in Latin America\u2014the region representing the vast majority of border crossers\u2014Christmas week is generally taken very seriously here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, and most importantly, the\nBiden administration did not change any policy during the past couple of months\nthat would have contributed to a decrease in border encounters. It has still\nsuspended border security initiatives, like the construction\nof the southern border wall<\/a> and the Asylum\nCooperation Agreements (ACAs) with the Northern Triangle countries<\/a>. It has issued\nguidance that limits<\/a> who, where,\nand how those unlawfully present can be arrested and removed from the country,\nall while rendering the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d program virtually\nnonexistent<\/a> despite\nreceiving a federal court order to reimplement it in good faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no reason to believe that border encounters will decrease in the ensuing months due to the Biden administration\u2019s immigration and border policies. The administration has dismantled the nation\u2019s immigration and border apparatus and has shown no intention of ever restoring it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News may have painted a rosy picture at the border using this January\u2019s preliminary data, but it will have a much more difficult time in the upcoming months. That\u2019s for certain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In January 2022, migrant encounters at the southern border increased by 321 percent from the same time during President Trump\u2019s final full year, according to preliminary data found in a court filing. Immigration authorities reportedly encountered 153,941 migrants at the southern border in January 2022, which is about four times larger than the 36,585 the<\/p>\n

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