Arrests of Illegal Immigrants at US-Mexico Border Up 63 Percent in February

A Border Patrol agent apprehends a Chinese couple that just waded across the Rio Grande from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The border crisis shows no signs of slowing down under President Joe Biden, with arrests of illegal immigrants in February spiking 63 percent from February 2021.

Border agents made 164,973 across the month, the Biden administration announced on March 15, compared to 101,099 in February 2021, under 37,000 in February 2020, and about 76,500 in February 2019.