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Border Patrol: US approaching 1 million migrant encounters in 6 months
THE U-S COULD BE JUST DAYS AWAY FROM HITTING ONE-MILLION MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.THE REPORT FROM FOX NEWS CITES BORDER PATROL CHIEF RAUL ORTIZ — WHO SPOKE AT A BORDER SECURITY CONFERENCE TUESDAY. HE SAYS THIS WILL PUT A STRAIN ON BORDER AGENTS, WHO ARE ALREADY SHORT STAFFED.
ASSUMING THE CURRENT PATTERN HOLDS – ORTIZ’S COMMENTS WOULD MEAN THE U-S IS ON PACE FOR OVER 2 MILLION ENCOUNTERS BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
ARRESTS AT THE BORDER HAVE ALSO BEEN STEADILY INCREASING. ACCORDING TO NEWLY RELEASED AGENCY DATA…U.S. Border Patrol made more than 158-THOUSAND arrests in February.THE NEWS COMES AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERS ENDING A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER, THAT ALLOWS BORDER AUTHORITIES TO TURN AWAY MIGRANTS.
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