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Biden and Harris are committing treason.

U.S. immigration agents processed more than 200,000 migrants who crossed
the southern border unlawfully in September, the highest level recorded in 2023, as the Biden administration struggles to contain the mass migration gripping the region, according to preliminary government data obtained by
CBS News.

Border Patrol agents last month recorded approximately 210,000
apprehensions of migrants who entered the U.S. without authorization in
between official ports of entry along the Mexican border, an increase from 181,000 in August, internal statistics from the Department of Homeland
Security show.

September's apprehension tally is the highest since Dec. 2022, when Border Patrol apprehended 222,000 migrants, the second-highest monthly figure on record. In May 2022, Border Patrol reported 224,000 migrant apprehensions,
the current all-time high.

For only the second time in U.S. history, the unpublished DHS data shows, migrant apprehensions along the U.S. southern border surpassed 2 million.
The data pertained to fiscal year 2023, which ended this weekend. The 2.2 million total of migrant apprehensions in fiscal year 2022 remains the highest-ever annual tally.

In addition to those apprehended after entering the U.S. illegally, tens
of thousands of additional migrants were processed by border officials at
ports of entry last month. The Biden administration has been allowing
roughly 1,500 prospective asylum-seekers to enter the country each day at
those official crossings if they secure an appointment through a
smartphone app.

Not all those apprehended are allowed to stay in the U.S. Some migrant
adults are given the option to voluntarily return to Mexico or are placed
in a fast-track deportation process if they don't claim asylum or fail
initial humanitarian screenings. But government figures show most migrants
in recent months have been released from U.S. border custody and
instructed to undergo immigration court proceedings. While those migrants
face deportation if they lose their asylum cases, the process can take
years to complete due to a 2 million (and growing) backlog of unresolved
cases.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said the agency
expects to "see fluctuations" in migration patterns, citing smugglers' use
of "misinformation to prey on vulnerable individuals." The administration,
DHS added, is working to "strengthen consequences" against those who enter
the country illegally, noting that the U.S. has carried out over 250,000 returns or deportations of migrants since early May.

"We are clear eyed, however, that there is no long-term solution to the challenges we are seeing at our border that does not involve the U.S.
Congress modernizing our hopelessly outdated immigration and asylum
system," DHS said.

A setback for Biden's border strategy

The sharp rise in unlawful border entries in recent weeks illustrates the
Biden administration's ongoing struggle to reduce the unprecedented flows
of unauthorized migration to the U.S. in recent years. It has also
undermined President Biden's border strategy, which administration
officials touted when illegal entries dropped to a two-year low in June.

That strategy, which consists of expanding legal migration opportunities
while imposing stricter asylum rules for some of those who enter
illegally, has sharply reduced illegal border entries among some migrant groups, such as Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans. But the strategy has not
had a similar, prolonged impact on other Central Americans, Venezuelans
and migrants from other continents, including Africa and Asia.

In fact, the spike in illegal border crossings last month was partially
fueled by arrivals of Venezuelan migrants, who are journeying to the U.S.
in record numbers to escape the economic and political crisis in Venezuela
or leave other South American countries with economies still reeling from
the COVID-19 pandemic.

In mid-September, over a quarter, or 2,000, of all daily Border Patrol apprehensions were of Venezuelan migrants, according to internal agency statistics reviewed by CBS News. In August, Border Patrol processed an
average of 713 Venezuelans each day.

Seven million Venezuelans have fled their homeland in recent years, as
part of what is now the largest displacement crisis in the world,
according to the United Nations. While most initially settled in Colombia
and other South American nations, Venezuelans are increasingly journeying north, braving a weeks-long trek across multiple countries and Panama's roadless Darién Gap in hopes of reaching the U.S.

More than 400,000 migrants, most of them from Venezuela, have crossed the Darién jungle this year, an all-time high level that has already nearly
doubled the previous record set in 2022, according to the Panamanian government.

A humanitarian and political crisis intensifies

In addition to posing significant operational challenges to Border Patrol
and other federal agencies, the record levels of unlawful migration to the
U.S. in recent years have strained resources in some American communities,
from large interior cities like New York and Chicago to border towns like
Eagle Pass and El Paso.

The humanitarian and operational challenges have arguably been the most
visible in New York City, which over the past year has found itself
required to shelter more than 100,000 migrants in hotels, tent facilities
and, more recently, an airfield. Some of those migrants have been bused to
New York under a high-profile operation by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, but most have arrived there on their own or with the help of volunteers or towns along the southern border.

The migrant influx has also intensified the political pressures faced by
Mr. Biden on immigration and border policy, one of his worst-polling
issues and an area many Democrats consider a major political vulnerability
as he faces reelection in 2024.

Republican lawmakers in Congress and across the country have said the
record migrant crossings in recent years stem from the Biden
administration's decision to end some Trump-era border programs, including
a policy that required migrants to remain in Mexico while U.S. courts
reviewed their asylum claims.

But the Biden administration has argued the historic migration influx is a direct result of the deteriorating economic and security conditions in
Latin America and other parts of the world, including crisis-stricken
countries like Venezuela.

The reality is more complicated and likely somewhere in the middle, as
both "push" and "pull" factors have intensified. Large-scale migrant
releases, the perception that the Biden administration's border policy is
more lenient and the ample supply of jobs in the U.S. have likely fueled
more migration. The societal collapse in Venezuela and socio-political
crises in other countries like Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua have also pushed
many migrants to flee their homelands.

Less complicated is the intensity of the political backlash faced by the
Biden administration. While Republicans have denounced Mr. Biden's
immigration policies since the early months of his presidency, more
Democrats in communities struggling to house migrants have begun to openly criticize his administration's handling of border issues.

In an interview with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan on
Sunday, New York's Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said too many migrants
were ending up in New York after "simply saying they need asylum" along
the U.S.-Mexico border. "We are being taxed," she said.

"We want them to have a limit on who can come across the border. It is too
open right now," Hochul added.

https://news.yahoo.com/unlawful-crossings-along-southern-u-001917149.html

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