March 15, 2022 | Rapid Response | RNC Communications
Border Security / Immigration

12 months of illegal encounters above 150K

Rapid Response

Newly released data from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show that a staggering 164,973 illegal immigrants were encountered at the southern border last month. That’s the highest total for February in the history of the Department of Homeland Security.

That’s 12 straight months of encounters above 150,000 and a total of more than two million illegal immigrant encounters since Biden took office.

That does not even include the over 500,000 illegal immigrants that have escaped into the U.S. over that time.

Under Biden, we’ve seen the worst border crisis in DHS history, and it’s only getting worse. February saw a 63% increase in encounters when compared to last February, and a 280% when compared to the February average under President Trump.

Biden claimed last April they had “gotten control.” That was a lie. Now Harris and Biden won’t even visit the border to see the crisis they created.