Last week, we told you about the record-shattering September at the southern border. In just one month, officials encountered nearly 270,000 illegal immigrants, the highest number of all time. And in the fiscal year ending on October 1, almost 2.5 million encounters were logged at the border, also an all-time record, with the previous record being set by the Biden administration the previous year. Neither of these statistics included known or unknown "got-aways," which generally number in the tens of thousands each month. Between those two latter categories, it's likely that somewhere between half a million and a million additional illegal immigrants unlawfully entered the country in Fiscal Year 2023. These numbers have been consistently staggering, to the point that many people's eyes may glaze over as they try to process wave after wave of astoundingly bad data. But the numbers really do tell the story.
And here's another one, via the Border Patrol, and relayed by Fox's Bill Melugin:
BREAKING: New CBP data reveals Border Patrol released over 900,000 migrants into the U.S. in fiscal year 2023 after they were apprehended crossing illegally, including a staggering 155,821 releases in September alone.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 27, 2023
These numbers do not include ICE or ports of entry releases.… pic.twitter.com/robb2SzhVF
As he indicates, the eye-polling 900,000-plus confirmed releases in the just-completed fiscal year (spiking dramatically in its final month) do not even represent the complete picture. Not even close. That number is merely one piece of the larger truth. More:
And again, these are Border Patrol releases only and do not include ICE releases, so the numbers are actually higher.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 27, 2023
It also does not include any CBP One App releases or parole program releases for a handful of countries. For Border Patrol alone, these releases are enormous.
"Out of control" seems to sum it up rather well – and it's a meaningful statement coming from the men and women literally tasked with maintaining control. We've covered the various "sanctuary" jurisdictions that have been overwhelmed by the prospect of shouldering even a fractional burden of the endless flow of illegal immigrants coming across the border. They've talked a big game, then when they're forced to confront the realities of what they rhetorically support, they cry uncle. New York City may be the most shameless hypocrites of the bunch, though competition is steep. Authorities in the Big Apple have bused migrants to other counties, tried to ship them to New Jersey (whose pro-'sanctuary' governor wouldn't take them), and hauled them up to the Canadian border. Now, New York officials are trying a new approach:
New York City is now offering one-way airplane tickets to migrants to their destinations of choice, in response to the more than 130,600 asylum seekers who have arrived in the city since 2022. https://t.co/lkMHwwmEEu
— Axios (@axios) October 26, 2023
A spokesperson for Adam said on Friday the city has set up a "reticketing center" where migrants can secure a plane ticket. The city will increase efforts "to purchase tickets for migrants to help them take the next steps in their journeys." "It helps us triage operations" for new arrivals at The Roosevelt Hotel, the spokesperson said, referring to a once-closed hotel that was reopened as a shelter for asylum seekers earlier this year. Adams said on Thursday said that New York City and other major cities have taken in an exorbitant amount of migrants compared to other locations across the country.
An "exorbitant amount." For context, 130,000 migrants arriving in New York over the past two years is less than half the number of migrants who illegally crossed the southern border last month. Democrats in the city can't even handle their, shall we say, less than a fair share of the crisis their party has directly caused. Quite the turnabout, isn't it?
Just 9 months apart: pic.twitter.com/liFTyonm56
— "Experts" Posting Their Ls (@ExpertsPostLs) October 27, 2023
He pivoted from quoting the Statue of Liberty poem to buying one-way tickets out of town pretty quickly, following a similar trajectory to the state's governor. When Ron DeSantis flew illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard and Sacramento, Gavin Newsom (who's been busy building a "partnership' in Communist China in recent days) suggested such actions were tantamount to "kidnapping." The left-wing Los Angeles City Council accused Texas of crimes for busing migrants elsewhere. By those stupid standards, is it time to lock New York City Mayor Eric Adams up? I'll leave you with this, which isn't an immigration-specific poll, but it's a reflection of Americans' assessment of the president's cumulative performance:
GALLUP POLL: Biden’s approval rating dropped to 37% — a near record-low.
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) October 26, 2023
Approve 37% [-4]
Disapprove 59% [+1]
Independents
Approve 35% [-4]
Disapprove 61% [+2]
[Change vs Sept.]
October 2-23 | n=1,009 | MoE: ±4%https://t.co/HQBF0dEuVC pic.twitter.com/9mJaC1WVwO
