Migrant encounters at southern border hit record 302K in December, sources say
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Illegal migrant encounters broke all previous records in December 2023, with Customs and Border Patrol authorities reporting over 302,000 incidents in the last month of the year.
Between Dec. 1 and December 31, more than 302,000 migrants were documented attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
It is the highest total for a single month ever recorded. It is also the first time migrant encounters have exceeded 300,000.
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