Biden-Harris Border Patrol agents released over 900,000 illegal immigrants into US last fiscal year

[Border Czar Kamala Harris]

Border Patrol released over 900,000 illegal immigrants into the
interior of the United States in Fiscal Year 2023, including more
than 150,000 in September alone — offering an insight into how many
migrants who crossed the border illegally are allowed to stay in the
country.

The data on the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) website shows
that 908,669 migrants were released by Border Patrol in FY 2023
after being encountered between ports of entry having crossed
illegally. The figures do not include ICE releases or those
encountered at ports of entry.

Those released were primarily given a NTA/OR (notice to appear on
own recognizance), meaning they were released into the U.S. with
instructions to appear in court, often at a date years in the
future. A minority were released under humanitarian parole between
October 2022 and January 2023.

In September, there were 155,914 migrants released into the U.S. by
Border Patrol alone with NTAs. For context, there were 218,763
migrants encountered by Border Patrol agents in September, meaning
the majority of those encountered between ports of entry were
released into the U.S.

For the entire fiscal year, 900,000 Border Patrol releases is a
population size larger than several U.S. states, including Wyoming,
Vermont, Alaska and North and South Dakota. There were just over two
million encounters by Border Patrol in FY 2023.

Overall, including ports of entry, there were 269,000 encounters in
September — a historic high that took FY 23 to a new record with
more than 2.4 million encounters. At the ports of entry, there were
also over 350,000 NTAs issued.

The Biden administration recently called on Congress to provide an
additional $14 billion in funding for border operations, including
for processing, support for states and communities into which
migrants have been released, and additional agents.

The White House says the money includes funding for transportation,
including removal flights and resources for alternatives to
detention. It also includes money for "non-custodial housing
options" for those in expedited removal, including facilities with
housing, legal services and medical care.

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The administration has said repeatedly that Congress needs to
provide additional funding and pass legislation to fix a "broken"
immigration system — pointing in particular to a 2021 package of
legislation that would have included a pathway to citizenship for
millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. It has also
emphasized its expansion of lawful migration pathways. The Border
Patrol data does not include migrants released into the U.S. via
those programs, including the CBP One app and the Cuban, Haitian,
Nicaraguan and Venezuelan (CHNV) parole program.

"At this time of unprecedented hemispheric and global challenges, we
must come together to strengthen our ability to protect the American
people. I strongly urge Congress to give the men and women of DHS
the resources and support they need to achieve our safety and
security mission," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a
statement accompanying the funding request.

Republicans have passed their own legislation in the House which
would increase border security, including wall construction, and
limit asylum and parole releases. They have blamed the Biden
administration’s policies, including reduced interior enforcement
and releases of migrants, for fueling the crisis.

Brandon Judd, the president of the National Border Patrol Council,
pointed to the CBP numbers as an explanation for why the southern
border "is out of control."

"As long as Biden rewards illegal border crossers with a release
into the United States, people will continue to come. And while all
agents I am proud to associate with believe in protecting the
innocent, to classify all these releases as humanitarian is a lie,"
he said.

"We are overwhelmed and do not have the resources to properly vet
and classify those we arrest. As long as we fail to properly enforce
our immigration laws, the border will remain out of control," he
said.

Others called on Republicans in Congress, now armed with a new
speaker in the House, to take action.

"The numbers are clear — the Biden administration has released more
illegal aliens into American communities than any other year, many
of whom were not detained, placed into electronic monitoring, or
even issued an actual court date," RJ Hauman, president of the
National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE), told Fox News
Digital. "When will Congress wake up and end this deliberate
‘welcome and release’ chaos?"

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