Border Encounters Rise to Record January High, CBP Says

Border Patrol reported more than 176,000 encounters with illegal immigrants at the southern border in the month of January.

Border Patrol agents monitor border crossings in Jacumba, Calif., on Jan. 10, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

U.S. Border Patrol agents last month apprehended a record number of illegal immigrants for a January, according to statistics released by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 13.

CBP reported more than 176,000 encounters with illegal immigrants at the border during January, data showed. That eclipsed the previous January record of 157,358 in 2023.