Is It True That More Than 600,000 Migrants Got Away at US Southern Border?

The Supreme Court's decision on Title 42, a Trump administration emergency order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that restricted immigration to the U.S. in response to the COVID pandemic, has brought the issue of the large number of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S. border back to the forefront of American political debate.

The Republican-led states of Title 42 challenged the federal government in court when President Joe Biden's administration tried to lift the limitations.

The Supreme Court ordered a stay on a lower court's finding to vacate Title 42 with a 5-4 vote in favor.

The Supreme Court will finally decide on Title 42 after hearing arguments during its February 2023 term.

Meanwhile, massive numbers of migrants are pouring into the U.S. at its southern border, and not all of them are being caught.

On December 27, Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy tweeted, "Biden's open-border policy has turned a humanitarian crisis into a national security crisis: Border Patrol counts more than 600,000 got-aways this year alone."

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed to Newsweek that the number Kennedy tweeted is accurate, but the DHS has not yet issued official data for got-aways in the 2022 fiscal year.

There was no more explanation from the CBP. An early October story cited an anonymous CBP source estimating the figure to be 599,000 for the upcoming fiscal year 2022.

Over 73,000 got aways were reportedly spotted at the southern border in November, according to a story published on December 1 that cited data it had seen.

U.S. Migrants' Chances To Stay Remain Favorable Even for Got Aways

Although "encounters" at the U.S. border are on the rise, this category is vast and includes people who may be detained, expelled, or admitted into the country.

But got aways are all in, and with the interior enforcement system collapsing so spectacularly under the Biden administration, it seems likely that they will be there to stay.

Since October 1, 137,000 got away or illegal immigrants have been spotted but not apprehended (the beginning of the 2023 fiscal year).

The November number indicates that at least 2,400 illegal border crossers can elude apprehension daily, which is on course to break the record set in 2022 of over 600,000.

To catch up, Texas has assembled a task team with canines and drones. Recently, the new unit captured 50 fugitives and an AK-47-wielding scout.

Got aways still have a good chance of staying in the United States once they arrive since the number of people deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has decreased dramatically.

A FAIR report concluded, "The Biden administration has effectively abolished the mission of ICE."

Those who have evaded U.S. Border Patrol agents pose a threat to any interior enforcement effort due to their propensity for lawlessness and avoidance.

Because of the got aways' consistent success at avoiding capture, U.S. illegal immigration will keep on happening.

Illegal Immigrants Jumping Over the Walls at the U.S. Border

Shocking video shows illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico and sprinting directly into moving traffic on a bustling Texas highway, avoiding being hit by vehicles passing at high speeds.

Two groups of US migrants, totaling 13 people, are seen in Instagram videos jumping the 30-foot border wall and rushing across the Loop 375 state highway in El Paso.

A vehicle stuck in traffic films migrants passing through a gap in the border fence on the northern side.

According to the El Paso Police Department, who spoke with The New York Post, the number of illegal immigrants crossing Loop 375 has increased dramatically during the past two years.

Warning signs have been erected for vehicles to inform them of "unexpected pedestrians."

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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