We’re being invaded! More than one million people from about 140 different countries have illegally entered the United State of America since January. The southern border is a disaster in every way.
Under policies of the current administration, the border crisis worsens every month. In January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended about 73,000 people entering illegally; in July, the number was 212,672. The total of counted illegal entries in the first seven months of 2021 is more than 1.2 million. Additionally, CBP officers at ports of entry are reckoning with another 15,000 to 30,000 unapprehended unauthorized migrants each month, according to estimates by Acting Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz.
The statutory priority mission of the CPB’s Border Patrol is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States and ensuring the security of our nation at America’s borders and ports of entry. This priority cannot be fulfilled when officers are overrun by increasing monthly numbers of apprehensions.
