President Joe Biden’s border crisis is still growing worse, and his pathetic “fixes” are doing nothing to stop it.
Team Joe cites the latest numbers from Customs and Border Protection as proof it’s finally getting a handle on things, because January featured fewer illegal crossers than December. Problem is, January is almost always the low for the year (because of weather).
In fact, the January 2023 total of 156,274 migrant encounters — is worse than last year’s January total and the highest January in 22 years.
In all, monthly encounters have been above 150,000 for more than 23 straight months, the entirety of Biden’s term so far, for a total of 6 million. That includes 1.2 million gotaways — migrants spotted but not arrested — plus however many crossed without even being seen.
Border towns like El Paso are strained to the breaking point by the influx. And even their second-point destinations like New York City are hurting; Gotham’s even started shipping them toward Canada (drawing outrage from Quebec’s premier).