Top Democrats refuse to comment on the staggering new numbers from US Customs and Border Protection, which show a record 856. illegal immigrants While Republicans blame the Biden administration and pledge to take action to stop the crisis, they were killed trying to cross the southern border last fiscal year.
According to CBP data obtained by Fox News, 856 immigrants have died. US southern border Highest and deadliest ever recorded in fiscal year 2022. According to the data, there have already been 25 deaths in FY23, which began on October 1.
The figures also show that there were 227,547 immigrant encounters in September. That’s the highest September total in Department of Homeland Security history, and a huge increase from previous Septembers: 192,000 in September 2021; 57,674 in September 2020; and 52,546 in September 2019.
Requests for comment from the White House on new CBP data, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Homeland Security and State Affairs Committee Chair Gary Peters, D-Mich., and House Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, D-Miss. It was not returned on Monday.
A RECORD 856 MIGRANT DIED AT THE SOUTH BORDER IN FINANCIAL YEAR 2022: CBP
According to CBP data obtained by Fox News, 856 immigrants died at the southern US border on FY22, making it the highest and deadliest death ever.
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The Democrats’ silence comes just a few years after the outspoken anger of the former President Trump administration’s strict immigration policies, including the “zero tolerance” policy for immigrants entering the United States illegally.
In 2018, Pelosi urged Trump to end his administration’s “inhuman, barbaric” policy of criminally prosecuting any adult who enters the United States illegally and leads to the detention of children separately from their parents.
“Stop this inhuman, barbaric policy, cancel your actions, take responsibility for it,” said Pelosi in San Diego after touring a detention facility. “It’s not about immigration. It’s about humanity. It’s about family. It’s about who we are as a country.”
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Republicans, on the other hand, condemn the “shocking” death statistics for illegal immigrants and call Biden’s inaction a neglect of duty.
“As President Biden’s radical policies open our southern border for record numbers of illegal immigration, deadly fentanyl, terrorism suspects, and tragically record numbers of immigrant deaths, House Republicans are determined to secure our border by finishing the wall and ending the capture-and-let alone.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital.
“The Biden administration has wrapped up a record-breaking year in securing the country’s borders with drugs, death, destruction and complete neglect of duty. The unprecedented number of immigrant deaths at the border is shocking,” House Homeland Security said. Ranking Member John Katko, RN.Y. added.
U.S. Representative John Katko (R-NY) addresses the press during a congressional border delegation visit to El Paso, Texas, March 15, 2021.
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“Homeland Security Republicans have raised the alarm over the humanitarian crisis directly arising from President Biden’s reckless policies that encourage families and young children to make the dangerous journey to the US-Mexico border,” Katko said. Said. “Democrats’ continued silence on this humanitarian crisis is deafening. Democrats must act to address the destruction on the border. Republicans come up with a plan to secure the border, address the pull factors created by the Biden administration, and end this humanitarian aid crisis” on day one of the Republican majority . The American people are fed up and Homeland Republicans are ready to respond to the raging fire on our Southwest border.”
CBP numbers It also reveals that 20 known or suspected terrorists were arrested at the southern border in September, bringing the total of border terror watchlist arrests in fiscal 2022 to 98.
“Even more worrying, 98 people on the terror watch list were caught trying to enter the United States between ports of entry last year,” said Rob Portman, Senate Senior Member of Homeland Security and Government Affairs, R-Ohio. “Our enemies know they can enter our country through our failed border.”
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“We weren’t in this situation in the last administration or the Obama administration because we had policies that tried to curb the illegal immigration flow,” Portman said.
The Democrats’ silence came just a few years after they outraged the strict immigration policies of the former President Trump administration, including the “zero tolerance” policy for immigrants entering the United States illegally.
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R-Ky., a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, blamed Democrats for historic border crossings, citing multiple speeches by the senator on the subject.
“Law and order has been broken in our country over the past two years,” McConnell said in a September speech. “Public safety has eroded. Violent crimes such as murder and carjacking are breaking records. And our southern border has turned into a turnstile.” Said. “We’ve seen violence and chaos firsthand in Kentucky, especially in my hometown of Louisville. But we’re not alone. It’s a nationwide phenomenon under the auspices of Democrats.”
Fox News’s Griff Jenkins, Bill Melugin, and Timothy Nerozzi contributed to this story.