{"id":2007217,"date":"2023-08-21T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-encounters-spike-at-northern-border\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:49:19","slug":"illegal-immigrant-encounters-spike-at-northern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-encounters-spike-at-northern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern border sees surge in illegal immigrant encounters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fillegal-immigrant-encounters-spike-at-northern-border%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=2007217&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>Illegal Immigrant Encounters Surge on \u2062US Northern Border<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Recently released\u200b federal data\u2064 reveals a significant spike of approximately 36% in illegal immigrant \u200bencounters on the United States&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-border-crossings-jump-to-15-year-high\/\" title=\"March Border Crossings Jump to 15-Year High\">northern border<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\">According<\/a> to\u200d U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a total \u200bof 1,154 \u2063encounters near the northern border were recorded for July, up from 848 in June.\u200c The majority of those come from countries\u200d in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>While there were \u200bjust 916 recorded encounters at the northern border in fiscal year 2021, the numbers have since\u200b increased to \u20632,238 in fiscal year 2022.\u2062 There have since been 7,633 encounters between October\u2063 2022 and July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Border Patrol agents in\u200b the Swanton Border Patrol \u2062Sector, which\u200b spans \u200dNew Hampshire, Vermont, and\u200c New\u200d York, have become &#8220;overwhelmed with the amount of work that they have to\u200c do,&#8221; Sean Walsh, president of the National Border Patrol Council for the Swanton Sector, said in\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/18\/illegal-migrant-encounters-surge-roughly-36-at-northern-border\/\">statement<\/a>. \u200b&#8221;The priority is the\u200c southern border\u200d so the majority \u200cof\u200d the\u200d resources are diverted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-l-a-appears-to-gain-some-herd-immunity-experts-seem-optimistic\/\" title=\"As L.A. Appears To Gain Some Herd Immunity, Experts Seem Optimistic\">ongoing surge<\/a> \u2064has compelled\u200c New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu\u2062 to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/new_hampshire\/article_c3455b4e-3de3-11ee-b5c7-23cdb08885b5.html\">call for \u200dthe<\/a> creation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-encounters-spike-at-northern-border\/\" title=\"Northern border sees surge in illegal immigrant encounters.\">congressional \u2063delegation tasked<\/a>\u200d with securing the Swanton\u2064 Sector.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal border crossings have surged under\u200b the Biden administration, with an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/15\/1-5m-gotaways-have-slipped-into-the-us-under-biden-three-times-as-many-as-during-3-years-of-trump\/\">1.5 million illegal \u200cimmigrants<\/a> gotaways being recorded since Biden took \u2062office in \u20642021. \u2062There \u200cwere 415,000 total reported\u2064 gotaways in 2018, 2019, and 2020 during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there&#8217;s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/border-patrol-records-1000-increase-in-illegal-immigration-from-china-afghanistan\">1,000% increase<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Blue State Claw Back\">illegal immigration<\/a> from several countries, including \u2063China, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and the\u200b Dominican\u2064 Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Major cities \u200dlike Chicago and New York have struggled to manage the massive influx of foreign nationals. \u2062Chicago passed a measure to \u200dprovide\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-city-council-approves-51-million-to-fund-illegal-immigrant-housing\">$51 million<\/a> in funding to house and\u2063 feed migrants, while \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/50-new-york-city-places-of-worship-will-house-foreign-nationals\">50\u2063 places of \u2064worship<\/a> in New York City are now being used to accommodate \u200cforeign nationals.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>New\u200c York residents recently <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/20\/hundreds-protest-potential-new-migrant-site-at-former-nyc-senior-citizen-home\/\">protested<\/a> \u2064 a plan to\u2062 convert a former nursing home into a housing center for migrants.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Fox_June-23-26-2023_Complete_National_Topline_June-29-Release.pdf\">Fox News poll<\/a>, which surveyed \u200djust over 1,000 registered voters in late June, found that 62%\u200b of respondents disapproved of Biden&#8217;s\u200c handling of the border, while only 35% approve.<\/p>\n<p>The results reaffirmed the findings of an earlier \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hosting-migrants-poll-2023-05-21\/\">CBS News\u2062 poll<\/a> published in May, which similarly found\u2063 that 63% \u2062of\u2062 respondents disapprove of Biden&#8217;s handling \u200bof the border, with just 37% saying \u200cthat they approve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illegal immigrant encounters on the US northern border surged by 36% in July, as per federal data. US Customs and Border Protection reported 1,154 encounters, up from 848 in June. 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