US–Mexico Border Arrests Top 2 Million in a Year for First Time in History

Border Patrol takes into custody six illegal immigrants who were being smuggled from the U.S.–Mexico border, through Kinney County, Texas, on Aug. 28, 2022. One (R) was later discovered to be a wanted child sex offender. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Arrests of illegal immigrants at the United States–Mexico border rose above 2 million in one fiscal year for the first time, according to new statistics released by the Biden administration.

Agents made about 203,500 apprehensions at the southern border in August, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported on Sept. 19. That brought the total apprehensions in fiscal year 2022 to 2,150,639—up by 24 percent from fiscal year 2021, with an entire month left.