Today the Border Patrol reported a total of 94,190 Southwest border encounters in November. This was the first time the number has dropped below six figures since Joe Biden took office.
Out of the total, about 47,000 were caught trying to cross the border illegally. The rest were asylum seekers who presented themselves at border stations or gave themselves up after crossing between stations.
Interestingly related story: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/population-estimates-international-migration.html
Too little too late. Sort of like Ukraine.
This isn’t surprising. I don’t think ever in my lifetime have Democrats left behind a total mess for the next Republican guy to clean up. Trump will inherit a great economy and great national security regime, and proceed to fuck it all up as did his GOP predecessors. It’s all the party of “government is the problem” knows how to do: destroy stuff.
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Thanks Trump!
Just like he's brought down inflation in since getting reelected.
Kevin likes to show how migration follows job opportunities in the US. In this case, the unrest in Venezuela, and the millions of migrants from there, ended up at our border--as the pandemic hit. The pandemic, and the steps it then allowed Trump to take, is what stopped most of the crossings. Once the pandemic ended, the flood gates were open. Now things are back to "normal".
Another related bit of statistics: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e41dx425o
Though deportations are likely a lagging statistic.
This is the sort of figure where you'd do better to present the raw data and leave off your own curve fitting. It doesn't add value.
The reports are lies. The border patrol is full of Trumpers. they started reporting more encounters when Biden was elected, and now it will fall.
Then why the spike in 2019?