{"id":2005126,"date":"2023-08-18T16:12:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-dealt-massive-border-blow-as-illegal-crossings-spike-33\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T16:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:14:31","slug":"biden-dealt-massive-border-blow-as-illegal-crossings-spike-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-dealt-massive-border-blow-as-illegal-crossings-spike-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden faces major setback as illegal border crossings surge by 33%."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-dealt-massive-border-blow-as-illegal-crossings-spike-33%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration Faces Challenges \u200dat\u2063 the Southern Border<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2064Biden administration has encountered a significant setback at the southern border in July. The number of immigrants \u200cattempting to enter the United States illegally from Mexico has soared, following a \u200ddecline after the conclusion of\u200d Title 42\u2062 in May.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200bto \u200bstatistics released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents arrested 132,652 immigrants between the ports of entry in July, compared to 99,545 arrests in June.<\/p>\n<h3>Defending \u200dthe \u200dIncrease<\/h3>\n<p>Officials at the \u200bDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) defended \u2062the increase, highlighting that \u2062it was 27%\u2063 lower \u2064than the previous\u2062 July \u200band lower than the highest levels seen in a century leading up to May 11.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The administration&#8217;s strategy on the border is working. The border is not open, but as with every year, we are seeing ebbs and flows of migrants arriving, and that&#8217;s fueled by seasonal trends and the efforts of \u2062smugglers to encourage migration,&#8221; stated a DHS official during a media call.<\/p>\n<p>The spike in \u200dborder\u2064 crossings poses new challenges for the White House,\u200b as it tries to incentivize immigrants to apply through legal immigration pathways after the conclusion of Title\u200d 42.<\/p>\n<p>It also presents difficulties for DHS Secretary\u2064 Alejandro Mayorkas, who experienced a temporary respite from Republican criticism over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-overwhelmed-by-flood-of-illegals-at-border-as-case-backlog-swells-to-record-numbers\/\" title=\"Officials Overwhelmed by Flood of Illegals at Border as Case Backlog Swells to Record Numbers\">high border crossings<\/a>\u200c when arrests decreased earlier this\u200b summer.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of Title 42<\/h3>\n<p>Title 42, implemented\u200d in March 2020, allowed border \u200cofficials\u2062 to turn away illegal immigrants to prevent the spread \u200dof the coronavirus. With Title\u2064 42 no longer in \u200deffect, the Biden administration pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-limits-arrest-of-illegal-immigrants-at-courthouses\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Limits Arrest of Illegal Immigrants at Courthouses\">remove illegal immigrants<\/a> who did not seek asylum.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans had anticipated\u200b a\u2064 surge of immigrants after the\u2062 end of Title 42, but \u2064instead, \u200bthe surge occurred \u200cin the weeks \u200bleading \u2062up \u200dto\u200d its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c DHS had prepared for up to\u200b 18,000 immigrant apprehensions per day after Title 42.\u200c However, in the final days \u200bof the policy, the \u200cBorder Patrol set record highs, with over 11,000\u2064 people taken into custody daily.<\/p>\n<p>After\u200c Title \u200c42 ended, arrests unexpectedly dropped to 3,700 per day, prompting the DHS to \u200dclaim success.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 Biden administration attributed the drop to the implementation\u200c of \u2064new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-refuses-to-answer-if-biden-supports-program-that-would-bring-600-800k-migrants-to-u-s-to-work-while-millions-of-americans-are-still-out-of-work\/\" title=\"Psaki Refuses To Answer If Biden Supports Program That Would Bring 600-800K Migrants To U.S. To Work While Millions Of Americans Are Still Out Of Work\">legal pathways<\/a> for admission, \u2064which encouraged many \u2063potential illegal crossers to apply through these channels instead of entering unlawfully.\u200d This included programs such as allowing immigrants in northern Mexico to schedule appointments with U.S. customs \u2064officers\u2062 to determine eligibility for parole release into the country.<\/p>\n<p>One such initiative was\u2063 the CBP One app,\u200c which allowed immigrants to schedule \u2063appointments. In July, 44,700 immigrants arrived\u200b at\u2062 a port of entry for\u2062 an appointment, potentially preventing them from crossing illegally. It&#8217;s important to\u2063 note\u200c that the app \u200dis \u200dnot for seeking asylum,\u2064 which can be \u200ddone\u2064 at a port of entry or after entering the \u200dcountry\u2063 unlawfully.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have criticized the CBP One app,\u200b claiming it \u200cis a way for the Biden administration \u2064to bypass the intended use of the parole process\u200d on\u2064 a large scale.<\/p>\n<h3>Continued Challenges<\/h3>\n<p>The July numbers indicate that White House policies are not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-dealt-massive-border-blow-as-illegal-crossings-spike-33\/\" title=\"Biden faces major setback as illegal border crossings surge by 33%.\">effectively reducing border crossings<\/a> to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">pre-pandemic levels<\/a>. Since President Biden took office in 2021, border arrests have fluctuated \u2063between 150,000 and 300,000\u200b per month, compared to fewer than 50,000 arrests\u2064 per month \u200cduring most\u200c of the 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Biden administration faces ongoing challenges\u2062 at the southern border as it navigates the \u2064complexities of immigration and border security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> \u200dto read more from The Washington\u200d Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>encountered a significant surge in illegal immigration at the southern border in July. After a temporary decrease in May, the number of immigrants attempting to enter from Mexico illegally skyrocketed, posing a major challenge for the Biden administration. This setback comes after the expiration of Title 42, as reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2005127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}