No. of Recommendations: 3
I’d be more inclined to look at the period between Obama and Biden for the answer.According to the CBP web site, apprehensions, by year:
FY2018 521090
FY2017 415517
FY2016 553378
FY2015 444859
FY2014 569239
FY2013 489498
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migra...FY 2019 977509
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migra...Footnote for 2020:
Beginning in March FY20, USBP Encounters statistics include both Title 8 Apprehensions and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit the Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics page.FY 2019 977,509
FY 2020 458,088
FY 2021 1,734,686
FY 2022 2,378,944
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-...FY 2023 2,475,669
FY 2024 2,135,005
FY 2025 443,671
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-...Those are the most consistently measured numbers, from the same source, that I can find. Discounting 2020, due to the impact of the plague, there was a sharp increase under Biden, compared to either Obama, or Trump, then a sharp fall in the first year of Trump's second term. So, unless someone wants to contend that Giuliani was doing the counting, that is the data.
Steve
