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According to publicly available CBP data, national apprehensions/encounters include those reported at all air, sea, and land ports of entry. With CBP’s fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, as of June 7, total nationwide encounters for fiscal 2021 was 1,684,586 (from January, when Biden took office, to September 2021); 2,766,582 for fiscal 2022 and 2,096,346 so far for fiscal 2023 through May.
In the first 28 months of the Biden administration, total CBP encounters nationwide are at least 6,547,514 (January 2021 through May 2023).
However, this total excludes gotaway data, which CBP doesn’t publicly report. Border Patrol and CBP Office of Field Operations agents tally gotaways in their respective internal tracking systems but the data is not released to the public. Gotaways is the term they use to describe foreign nationals who illegally enter the U.S. who don’t make asylum or other immigration claims and intentionally seek to evade capture by federal, state and local authorities.
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There are at least 1,454,000 known gotaways reported by Border Patrol and CBP Office of Field Operations agents from January 2021 to April 2023, Morgan says, according to FOIAs he’s filed with CBP.
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When adding 6,547,514 official CBP total national apprehensions and confirmed 1,454,805 gotaways from January 2021 through April 2023, and at least 60,327 gotaways The Center Square reported last month, illegal border crossers since Biden's been in office total at least 8,062,646.
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It's not insanity when you consider who, what, and why.^^^^^ How can anyone who doesn't hate America, still support an administration that has not only allowed that, but actively encourages it?
It's insanity, what's going on.