Migrant encounters at southern border just under 200,000 in September, as FY 2021 breaks record

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  • Source: Fox News
  • 10/22/2021
Migrant encounters at the southern border dropped slightly to under the 200,000 mark in September, data released Friday by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show – as numbers for FY 2021 show record numbers amid an ongoing border crisis that has been a major challenge for the Biden administration.

192,001 migrants were encountered in September, slightly down (9%) from 209,840 in August and 213,593 in July. It means that there has been more than 1.7 million encounters at the border in Fiscal Year 2021, marking the highest number for a fiscal year on record. 

CBP said that 26% of those encountered had at least one prior encounter, higher than a 14% average in prior years. The administration has been using a Title 42 public health order, implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to expel migrants quickly, even though it is not using it as broadly or as aggressively as the Trump administration. The Biden administration has only been expelling single adults and a fraction of migrant families under the order.

According to the numbers, 75% of single adults were expelled under Title 42, while just 27% (17,599) of family units were expelled via Title 42. 
 
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