The U.S. Border Patrol detained about 100,000 Central American migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February; more Central American refugees have been flocking to the United States since March, with official figures showing that the U.S. Border Patrol detained more than 4,500 refugees crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on March 3 alone.
The U.S. detained 78,000 Central American refugees in January. February was the first full month of Biden‘s presidency, and Biden’s lenient border immigration policy has attracted an influx of Central American refugees.
According to the Washington Post and Reuters, the detention of 100,000 border migrants was the highest February figure for the United States since 2006. That year’s Central American migrant hordes had justified action to stop illegal immigration by former President Donald Trump, who, when in office, implemented a new immigration policy based on Title 42 of the United States Code that allowed border authorities to quickly deport illegal immigrants, citing public health concerns about a New coronavirus outbreak. But Biden’s inauguration excluded illegal children without Parents or legal guardians from Trump’s policy, and as a result, about 350 Central American children have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border every day in recent weeks, four times the size of last fall, without parental accompaniment; forcing border officials to scramble to find housing for them, speed up their release to sponsors in the United States, and mobilize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to The new crowns are being tested with the help of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) recently sent a letter to Biden requesting a meeting to discuss the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, writing, “We must acknowledge that there is a border crisis and develop a plan that also strongly discourages individuals from Mexico and Central America from making the dangerous journey to our southern border in firm terms. border.”
The White House said it will soon send senior advisers to the border to assess the number of incoming migrants; the Department of Homeland Security said the U.S.-Mexico border could see the largest influx of migrants in 20 years in the next few months, and the federal government has yet to say publicly how it will stem the flow.
According to the latest annual study by the nonprofit Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the U.S. illegal immigrant population has increased by at least 200,000 since 2019; there are now about 14.5 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., most of whom live along the southern border or in immigrant sanctuary states. Researchers note that these are only estimates and that the actual number could be higher.
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