Biden officials have reported that there has been a significant increase in numbers of children who are unaccompanied and were detained after they crossed the border to Mexico from the southwest. More than 14,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended by Border Patrol agents in May. In June, the numbers keep rising.
Border Patrol agents patrolling the southwest border of Mexico apprehended 1442 unaccompanied migrants in May according to a Southwest Land Border Migration Report. This month’s arrests are nearly 22 percent more than the month before and represent the highest since July 2021.
Breitbart Texas has reviewed the reports of the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services and discovered that these numbers have been increasing in June. Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 500 unaccompanied migrants on June 16. This brings the average daily number of arrests for 30 days to 407. HHS has 10167 children.
In January, the number unaccompanied children arrested at the border decreased to 8,751, from an 18954 peak in July 2021. The number of unaccompanied children apprehended at the border rose to 14,138 in March and almost reached 15,000 by May.
Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 98,654 child-unaccompanied from October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. This represents a nearly 26 percent increase over FY21.
In January 2021, President Joe Biden assumed office. Many of Trump’s immigration and border security policy changes were made. This markedly changed the demographic makeup of migrant families. In December 2020, President Trump’s last full month in office, agents apprehended less than 5,000 migrant children traveling without a parent or guardian. By February 28, President Biden’s first full month in office, that number jumped to more than 9,400. This number doubled in the following month, to close to 19,000.
Since February 2021, the Biden administration reported the apprehension of more than 220,000 unaccompanied children — an average of nearly 14,000 per month.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. His previous duties included the role of Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations. This was responsible for the operation for nine Border Patrol Stations located in the Del Rio sector, Texas. Follow Randy Clark BBTX on Twitter.
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