{"id":2245999,"date":"2024-05-16T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catastrophic-biden-admin-releases-april-southern-border-encounter-numbers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:47:15","slug":"catastrophic-biden-admin-releases-april-southern-border-encounter-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catastrophic-biden-admin-releases-april-southern-border-encounter-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Releases Alarming April Border Encounter Figures"},"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%2Fcatastrophic-biden-admin-releases-april-southern-border-encounter-numbers%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=2245999&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--><p>Customs and \u200bBorder Protection revealed\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-brags-about-americans-real-wages-twitters-community-notes-levels-him\/\" title=\"Biden boasts about US wages, Twitter community disagrees.\">significant \u2063increase<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-revives-catch-and-release-to-avoid-housing-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-surge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Revives \u2018Catch-And-Release\u2019 To Avoid Housing Illegal Immigrants Amid Border Surge\">border encounters<\/a> in April, totaling more than 179,000. This included over \u200d128,900\u200c encounters between\u2063 ports of entry along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-asks-tim-scott-the-toughest-question-that-the-elite-will-absolutely-hate\/\" title=\"Tucker poses a tough question to Tim Scott, one that the elite will despise.\">southern \u2062border<\/a>.\u2064 Despite a slight decrease from\u2064 previous months, challenges persist\u2063 in the immigration system. CBP calls for additional \u200cresources, with notable rises \u200cin \u200ccocaine seizures and fentanyl \u2064confiscations reported.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customs and Border Protection said on Wednesday that it had recorded more than 179,000 encounters at the southern border in April as thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-officials-under-gag-order-barred-from-speaking-to-press-amid-immigration-crisis-report\/\" title=\"Border Officials Under \u2018Gag Order,\u2019 Barred From Speaking To Press Amid Immigration Crisis: Report\">illegal immigrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">continue<\/a><\/a> to be released into the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-releases-april-2024-monthly-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBP numbers<\/a>, Border Patrol recorded more than 128,900 encounters with foreign nationals between ports of entry along the southern border in April. At the same time, it had 41,100 encounters with individuals who used the app created by the Biden administration to be processed at a port of entry into the United States. The encounters were down from last month\u2019s 189,357 and April 2023\u2019s 211,992. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are still experiencing challenges along the borders and the nation\u2019s immigration system is not appropriately resourced to handle them, so we continue to call on Congress to take action that would provide our personnel with additional resources and tools,\u201d said acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBP also said that cocaine seizures at the border had increased 95% since March and that the agency has confiscated 11,400 pounds of fentanyl so far in fiscal year 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While Miller highlighted the dip in encounters, House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN) said that the number was still too high. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese numbers make one thing clear \u2014 we are still in a crisis of the Biden administration\u2019s making,\u201d Green said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/chsrep\/chairman-green-welcomes-new-members-to-committee-on-homeland-security-for-118th-congress-1739603?e=41ec78a261\">statement<\/a>. \u201cGoing from \u2018absolutely catastrophic\u2019 in December to just \u2018catastrophic\u2019 in April may be acceptable for Secretary Mayorkas and President Biden, but no one else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green also criticized parole programs adopted by the Biden administration that allow inadmissible aliens to enter the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714657703188000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0-8IzS3B7axoRMsynY0m75\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe fundamentals of this unprecedented homeland security crisis are all the same: illegal aliens know they will likely be released if they cross between ports of entry, and record numbers continue flocking to our ports of entry to take advantage of the Biden administration\u2019s unlawful mass-parole programs,\u201d Green added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The numbers also come as Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmelugin_\/status\/1790783036713312574?s=46&#038;t=5nB3R1hthzMlYMrXjZyN8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a> the number of known illegal immigrant \u201cgotaways\u201d who made it into the United States. According to the numbers, gotaways have exploded under President Joe Biden with more than 600,000 in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From fiscal year 2010 to 2020, there were about 1.4 million known gotaways, while there were 1.6 million recorded from fiscal year 2021 to 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customs and Border Protection reported over 179,000 border encounters in April, with Border Patrol documenting 128,900 encounters between ports of entry along the southern border. 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