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2021 could be biggest year ever for illegal U.S. border crossings

Dated: August 13, 2021 by Sharyl Attkisson 5 Comments

      

  • 2021 could be the biggest year for illegal border crossings in modern U.S. history.
  • It’s already in the top six, with two months left in the fiscal year.
  • Fewer than half of illegal aliens who are apprehended are sent back; most are released in the U.S.
  • Over the past 60 years, border agents have recorded nearly 45 million encounters with illegal border crossers.
  • That doesn't count millions of "got aways" and those who escape detection entirely.
  • Politicians and citizens among both political parties routinely list illegal immigration as a top concern and priority. However, there has been no agreement through several decades of attempts as to how to address it.

With this week’s announcement by Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas that there were 212,672 apprehensions of illegal crossers at the U.S. Southern Border in July, many in the media reported it’s the worst year in 20 or 21 years. 

It’s likely far bleaker than that.

The new number of 212,672 apprehensions is higher than any July beyond well the last 21 years:

July 2000: 116,624

July 1999: approx. 118,000

July 1998: approx. 121,000

Mayorkas himself called July’s numbers “unprecedented” during a Thursday press conference in southern Texas. 

All time record?

By all accounts, this month's numbers (August) appear to be as high if not higher than July’s.

If the numbers don’t slow dramatically in September, this could well be the worst year in modern U.S. history for illegal immigration.

Starting with records in 1960, before the U.S. Southern Border was a hotbed for illegal crossings, there were 21,000 apprehensions of illegal aliens in a year.

It wasn’t until 1983 that the number topped one million for the first time: 1,033,974.

Through July of the current fiscal year (Oct. 1 2020-Sept. 30, 2021), Customs and Border Protection reports more than 1.33 million encounters with illegal aliens at the U.S. Southern Border.

With two months yet to count, 2021 already tops every year recorded in history except 1986 (1,615,844), 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000 (1,643,679).

That doesn’t count the 37,000 “got aways” in July, who were seen via surveillance but not caught— more than 1,000 a day. And then there are those who are never detected or counted at all. 

Of those who are taken into custody, more than half are allowed to stay and are released in the U.S.


      
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  1. David says

    August 15, 2021 at 2:00 am

    Think about it, You have a government, The Biden Administration, importing millions of sick, COVID positive illegal, criminal aliens into the country. Then shipping said diseased aliens around the country, mostly to Republican areas and States. Thereby infecting and killing Americans knowingly and on purpose. How can killing your own citizens on purpose with a bio-weapon not be a Crime Against Humanity?

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    • Kevin says

      August 16, 2021 at 12:12 pm

      While they are Americans, he is targeting Republicans. Since Republican states more than likely have Republican governors, he can use the increase in cases and increase in the death toll for political gain promoting his policies and condemning anyone who opposes his policies.

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  2. Patricia Hilliard says

    October 12, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    Sharyl Attkisson thank you for addressing a very important issue? I have a question: Why is this President not being impeached?

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