Illegal Border Crossings Increase to 7,500 Per Day in May

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DEL RIO, Texas—Border Patrol agents along the southern border apprehended more than 7,500 illegal aliens per day in May, according to provisional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by The Epoch Times. The average daily apprehension rate in January was 4,700.

Agents from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, California, apprehended 232,628 illegal border crossers in May, the highest monthly total in at least 23 years.

A further 34,547 individuals—also known as “gotaways”—were detected illegally entering the United States, but weren’t apprehended as they headed into the interior. It’s impossible to estimate how many illegal aliens entered and weren’t detected.

The provisional statistics also reveal that 79 illegal immigrants were found dead or died while crossing the border in May. Deaths during the summer months are generally higher as the heat claims more lives.

​​“Already this morning, we’ve encountered two deceased individuals that were apparently left behind by the smuggler in the desert,” Del Rio Border Patrol Sector Chief Jason Owens said on May 17. He said a third body was found in the river.

During fiscal year 2020, a total of 247 individuals died, according to the last available CBP statistics for deaths along the southern border.

CBP is yet to provide The Epoch Times with the number of deaths for fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 to date, after an initial request was made on May 3.

Apprehensions in the El Paso sector have almost doubled this year—going from 18,039 in January to 35,650 in May.

El Paso deputy city manager Mario D’Agostino told the El Paso City Council on May 23 that during the previous two weeks, more than 60,000 migrants had amassed in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, directly across the border from El Paso, Texas, in anticipation of Title 42 being lifted.

“And we can only imagine it growing even further,” D’Agostino said.

The Biden administration had planned to end the Title 42 public health order on May 23, but it was blocked by a federal judge in Louisiana and it remains in place. The measure allows for the quick expulsion of illegal aliens at U.S. borders to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, the Department of Homeland Security has been exempting whole groups of illegal immigrants from Title 42 since February 2021 and is instead releasing the majority into the United States with a court date that can be years away.

By Charlotte Cuthbertson

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