Trump lambastes Biden’s border as ‘worst in history’ following brutal November report
Anna Giaritelli
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Former President Donald Trump blasted the Biden administration for allowing U.S. border security and illegal immigrant encounters to plummet to the “worst” levels ever following the release of troubling new numbers.
More immigrants were encountered attempting to enter the United States without authorization in November than any month in U.S. history, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data published online late Friday.
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“Two years ago we had the strongest and safest Border in U.S. history. Hundreds of miles of Walls were built, my ‘Stay In Mexico’ Policy was working fantastically, Title 42 was in full force and effect, Border Patrol and ICE were doing an incredible, tough, yet compassionate, job, and our Southern Border was, for the first time in decades, being spoken of in glowing terms,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Monday morning.
“People weren’t even making the long hard journey up through Mexico. NOW OUR BORDER IS THE WORST IN HISTORY, & GETTING WORSE!” Trump continued.
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Last month, 283,189 noncitizens were encountered nationwide illegally crossing the border or were denied admission at a port of entry, such as by land, air, or sea, up from 278,102 in October.
The November number is also approximately five times greater than the 57,524 encounters federal agents and officers made in November 2019, prior to the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller did not acknowledge the increase in encounters in his statement. Miller took over CBP following the forced resignation of President Joe Biden’s confirmed nominee, Chris Magnus, in November.
Miller pointed to the high percentage of immigrants from faraway countries as opposed to Mexicans and people from northern Central America, who have made up the large majority of illegal immigrant arrests over the past decade. In the Border Patrol’s almost century-long existence, Mexican men made up nearly all illegal immigration arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Individuals from Mexico and northern Central America accounted for just 30% of unique encounters in November, a significant drop from the 53% they represented a year ago, as more migrants arrive from a variety of other countries, including Cuba and Nicaragua,” Miller said in a statement.
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Along the southern border, the Border Patrol encountered people crossing the border illegally more than 206,000 times in November. Of that number, nearly 146,000 were single adults and almost 13,000 unaccompanied children. The remaining 50,000 arrived with a family member.
December numbers may surpass that of November given the sudden surge of illegal immigration encounters in El Paso, Texas, this month. Immigrants have rushed to the United States as the Title 42 pandemic public health policy is set to end.