CBP Reports Nearly 190,000 Illegal Border Crossers Came into the U.S. from Mexico in June
| July 18, 2021
There was a significant increase in the number of re-encounters in June, with 34% of individuals having at least one prior encounter in the past 12 months, compared to the average one-year re-encounter rate of 14% for Fiscal Years 2014-2019, the agency said in a statement.
“The large number of expulsions during the pandemic has contributed to a larger-than-usual number of migrants making multiple border crossing attempts,” CBP said. “Which means that total encounters somewhat overstate the number of unique individuals arriving at the border.”
The number of unique encounters “to date during the fiscal year is 454,944 compared to 489,760 during the same time period in 2019.” Single adults continued to make up a majority of the encounters, but that number declined by 3% from May.
Encounters of unaccompanied children increased by 8% in June, while family unit encounters increased by 25%. The latter increased from 44,746 encounters in May to 55,805 the following month, but was still significantly lower than May 2019’s peak of 88,587, according to the agency….
(Excerpts from the Virginia Star)