Biden Regime DHS Frees 62,500 Border Crossers into U.S. in a Single Month

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Breitbart
Article date: 
20 February 2022
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National News
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President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released more than 62,500 border crossers and illegal aliens into the United States interior in January, court records reveal...

According to the court records, DHS released 62,573 border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. interior in January, alone...

The figure includes nearly 47,000 border crossers released by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency and the more than 16,300 border crossers released by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in that month.

As Breitbart News previously reported, the cost to American taxpayers for Biden’s expansive Catch and Release operation is upwards of $6.6 billion annually....

In January, newly released U.S.-Mexico border figures show that Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 154,000 border crossers. It is estimated that thousands more successfully crossed the border, undetected by agents.

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19K Migrants Apprehended on Southwest Border in 2022, by Randy Clark, Breitbart, 11 January 2022.

So if more than 19,000 illegal aliens were apprehended in only a few weeks, how many more got away? How many more evaded capture and are now living in America? Border Patrol agents routinely say that the ratio is about 3 or 4 to 1. That is, for every single illegal alien captured, 3 to 4 others sneak into America. Thus, it is fairly easy to project How many illegal aliens reside in the United States.