New Record: 239,000+ Immigrants Illegally Crossed the Border in May

Customs and Border patrol arrested 239,416 immigrants attempting to illegally enter the United States in May. That is two percent more arrests than in April, which was also a record high.

New York Post: Another month, another record. The number of reported migrant encounters along the southern border has once again made Department of Homeland Security history — hitting a staggering 239,416 encounters in May.

The figure is the highest number of migrant encounters recorded in one month ever and brings the total migrant encounters in FY 2022 to more than 1.5 million, according to the latest data released by Customs and Border Protection Wednesday. . .

Almost half (42%) of May’s total — 100,699 — were processed for expulsion under Title 42, the health policy that the Biden administration attempted to end last month which allows rapid expulsion of illegal immigrants.

Caravans that contain thousands of people, as well as drug and human smugglers, continue to take advantage of the Biden-Harris administration’s open-border policies. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ failure to secure the border — enabled by congressional Democrats — is turning into a critical issue in the midterm elections. Just over one-third of voters approve of Biden’s handling of immigration issues.

Washington Post: President Biden’s Republican opponents are campaigning on border security ahead of the November midterm elections, and polls show the administration receives poor ratings on the issue.

Biden campaigned for office promising to reverse many of the Trump administration’s border-control measures and establish a system that would be orderly and humane. Instead, the administration has struggled to cope with ever-growing numbers of illegal entries and federal court rulings that have halted Biden’s attempts to modify the U.S. immigration system.

Bottom Line: Record breaking numbers of immigrants have taken advantage of the Biden-Harris administration’s porous southern border for the second month in a row.