CBP has experienced 575,000 migrant encounters since Oct. 1, agents remain overwhelmed: sources
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Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border already exceeded 575,000 as of Dec. 22, for the fiscal year 2023, which began on Oct. 1. CBP agents remain overwhelmed.
The figure comes as the Biden administration has not yet reported an official number of migrant encounters, despite being more than 23 days into December. Experts anticipate border encounters for the month of November to be over 200,000, or near that of the record-setting October sum. Immigrants bundle up against the cold after spending the night camped alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Dec. 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) An aerial view of immigrants lining up next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence after spending the night outside on Dec. 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) Immigrants warm to a fire at dawn after spending the night outside next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Dec. 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) Local Police agents watch hundreds of migrants line up to be received by the El Paso Sector Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 22, 2022. (HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
The National Border Patrol Council, a union that represents approximately 18,000 border patrol agents, said there were 209,000 migrant apprehensions in November. This would be the highest number ever recorded in the month of November.