Under Trump Administration:
• Fiscal Year 2017: Approximately 310,000 apprehensions at the southern border.
• Fiscal Year 2018: Approximately 396,000 apprehensions.
• Fiscal Year 2019: Approximately 851,000 apprehensions, peaking due to a surge in Central American migrants.
• Fiscal Year 2020: Approximately 458,000 apprehensions, with a decrease partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under Biden Administration:
• Fiscal Year 2021: Approximately 1.7 million encounters, the highest annual total on record. This increase was due to various factors, including economic conditions, violence in Central America, and perceptions of more lenient U.S. immigration policies.
• Fiscal Year 2022: Encounters remained high, with monthly figures frequently exceeding 200,000.Overall, the Biden administration has seen significantly higher numbers of border crossings compared to the Trump administration, particularly in fiscal year 2021.
the remaining financial yrs have each increased towards the 3million
how dare you come on here saying it was worse under trump.
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