41 Oct 31, 2022 DHS finalized a rule to “fortify DACA”, which
declares DACA recipients as “lawfully present”
and grants them employment documents
despite ongoing litigation.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
284,624
Children:
13,756
Fentanyl
Seized: 2900
pounds
42 Dec 13, 2022 The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the
State of Arizona in order to force Arizona to
remove shipping containers placed to close
gaps in the border wall.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
302,392
Children:
13,030
Fentanyl
Seized: 2400
pounds
43 Jan 2023 CBP changed CBP One app to allow border
crossers to schedule online appointments,
expanding the number of aliens allowed into the
United States.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
209,151
Children:
10,059
Fentanyl
Seized: 1400
pounds
44 Jan 6, 2023 The Biden Administration began abusing
statutory parole authority under INA 212(d)(5)
by creating a categorical parole program for
nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and
Venezuela. Parole was intended by Congress to
be used sparingly and only on a “case by case”
basis, yet DHS continues to create and
administer categorical parole programs to allow
hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to
classes of aliens.
See here.
45 Feb 25, 2023 The New York Times reported data showing the
Biden Department of HHS has lost track of
85,000 alien children over the prior two years.
NYT exposes details of minor children working
in factories in the United States.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
213,911
Children:
11,629
Fentanyl
Seized: 2300
pounds
46 Mar 2023 ICE continued to ignore the need for
deportations, allowing criminal aliens to stay in
the U.S. ICE’s non-detained docket grew to an
estimated 5.3 million aliens, including 407,983
criminal aliens. Meanwhile, ICE arrests in Fiscal
Year 2022 fell by 69% compared to Fiscal Year
2018 and arrests of convicted criminals fell 65%
(to 36,322 in Fiscal Year 2022 from 105,140 in
Fiscal Year 2018).
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
259,471
Children:
13,178
Fentanyl
Seized: 2900
pounds
47 Mar 25, 2023 Despite record numbers of illegal aliens arriving
at the southern border, the Biden Administration
proposed cutting detention beds by 25 percent
as part of its Fiscal Year 2024 budget request.
See here.
48 Mar 28, 2023 DHS Inspector General (IG), citing lax oversight,
issued a report that identified misuse and fraud
of federal emergency funds, resulting in up to
$110 million in funds appropriated in the
American Rescue Plan and other legislation
being awarded to pay for services to illegal
aliens and not Americans suffering due to
COVID.
See here.
49 Apr 13, 2023 The Biden Administration announced DACA
recipients would be eligible for Obamacare
benefits and Medicaid, giving taxpayer-funded
healthcare to illegal aliens.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
276,036
Children:
12,214
Fentanyl
Seized: 3200
pounds
50 Apr 27, 2023 The State Department and DHS announced
plans to end Title 42, expand CBP One app, and
create additional unlawful categorical parole
programs for aliens from El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia. The
program violates the law and allows aliens to
enter before they receive a green card and
without a visa.
See here and here.
51 Apr 30, 2023 The Biden Administration circulated guidance
that waters down the vetting process for
Chinese illegal aliens, requiring that interviews
used to question a Chinese illegal alien consist
of five basic questions. The media reported that
Chinese illegal aliens “quickly adapted” to the
new CBP guidelines and were “coached” to give
“stories that are identical.”
See here.
52 May 5, 2023 CBP expanded appointment capability of the
CBP One App. Through Nov. 2023, nearly
360,000 appointments had been scheduled on
the app (43,000 in November alone). The CBP
One app continues to be vulnerable to
exploitation by the cartels.
See here, here and
here.
CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
275,166
Children:
10,525
Fentanyl
Seized: 2700
53 May 11, 2023 The Biden Administration terminated use of pounds
Title 42 policy expulsion authority.
See here.
54 May 31, 2023 The Biden Administration ended the DNA
testing program used to verify that adults who
crossed the border with a child and claimed to
be related to that child, are in fact related.
Ending the program promotes not only illegal
immigration, but also child exploitation and
trafficking.
See here and here.
55 July 7, 2023 The Biden Administration expanded unlawful
parole programs to include individuals from
Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and
Honduras.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
245,154
Children:
11,236
Fentanyl
Seized: 1800
pounds
56 July 24, 2023 The Biden Department of Justice sued the State
of Texas to remove newly placed floating
barriers in the Rio Grande River.
See here.
57 Aug 10, 2023 The Biden Administration Office of Management
and Budget requested nearly $14 billion in
emergency funding that perpetuates the Biden
Administration’s open borders policies. For
example, $600 million was requested for
FEMA’s Shelter and Services program, which
provided airfare and hotels to illegal aliens. This
is on top of the $363.8 spent by the program in
Fiscal Year 2023.
See here (page 47).
See here.
CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
304,073
Children:
14,922
Fentanyl
Seized: 1800
pounds
58 Aug 29, 2023 ICE scrambled after releasing into the U.S. more
than a dozen Uzbek nationals with ties to an
ISIS smuggler.
See here.
59 Aug 2023 DHS rebranded “Alternatives to Detention” as
“Release and Reporting Management,”
effectively using ICE to provide social services
to aliens instead of allowing ICE to function as a
law enforcement agency.
See here.
Fiscal Year 2023 CBP encountered over 3.2 million aliens in
FY2023, including nearly 2.5 million at the
Southwest border. In the same timeframe of
Fiscal Year 2023, ICE only removed 142,580
from the United States.
See here and here.
Fiscal Year 2023 CBP and Office of Field Operations (OFO)
reported seizing 549,000 pounds of illicit drugs
during Fiscal Year 2023, including 27,000
pounds of fentanyl – enough to kill every
American 18 times. The Fiscal Year 2023
numbers represent an increase in fentanyl
seizures from 14,700 pounds in Fiscal Year
2022, 11,200 pounds in Fiscal Year 2021, and
4,800 pounds in Fiscal Year 2020.
See here and here.
See here and here.
Sep 2023 CBP recorded nearly 270,000 illegal alien
encounters at our Southwest border in
September, the highest number ever recorded
in a single month.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
341,392
Children:
14,346
Fentanyl
Seized: 1500
pounds
60 Sep 8, 2023 The Biden Administration promulgated a
proposed rule to reverse Trump-era policy and
allow Immigration Judges to administratively
close or dismiss removal proceedings without
any action (something not allowed by statute),
resulting in no decision denying asylum.
See here and here.
61 Oct 4, 2023 The Biden Administration issued new rules on
UACs that fails to prevent the release of illegal
alien children to strangers, fails to facilitate age
determinations, and fails to collect immigration
information on sponsors. All of this will
encourage trafficking of children, including by
the cartels.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters:
309,137
Children:
12,103
Fentanyl
Seized: 1700
pounds
62 Dec 21, 2023 Biden Administration announced the creation of
a new “juvenile” docket within immigration
courts which is so expansive, it gives specialized
treatment to 18, 19, and 20 year-old illegal
aliens who should be deported through the
expedited removal process.
See here. CBP/OFO Total
Encounters for
Dec:
Children:
Fentanyl
Seized:
DATA NOT YET
AVAILABLE
63 Dec 28, 2023 Following a trip to Mexico by Secretary of State
Blinken and DHS Secretary Mayorkas, the
Mexican government reported that their
discussions focused on “regularizing” status –
i.e., amnesty – for “Hispanic migrants who have
been undocumented… and DACA beneficiaries.”
See here.
Dec 29, 2023 According to media reporting, CBP recorded
more than 300,000 illegal alien encounters at
our southern border in December, the highest
number ever recorded in a single month.
See here, here and
here.
64 Jan 3, 2024 The Biden Administration sued the State of Texas
for enforcing a recently enacted Texas state law
that allows Texas judges and magistrates to
order illegal aliens to return to the foreign nation
from which they entered.
See here.
SOURCES FOR NUMBER COLUMN:
Securing America's Borders
www.cbp.gov