As Pres. Joe Biden faces criticism over his new asylum order, ABC7 is examining data on border encounters and the impact.
As the Biden administration faces criticism over significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, ABC7 is examining data on border encounters and the impact so far.
The order President Joe Biden issued last week would limit asylum processing between ports of entry once those encounters reach 2,500 per day. It went into effect immediately because the latest figures were far higher, at about 4,000 daily. During the last week of April, which is the most up-to-date data available, USBP's San Diego Sector alone encountered an average of more than 1,400 migrants each day.
The restrictions would be in effect until two weeks after the daily encounter numbers are at or below 1,500 per day between ports of entry, under a seven-day average.During the 2024 fiscal year from October through January, the number of encounters along the southwest border was just over 961,000. FY 2021 through 2023 saw an increase in encounters compared to prior years. Encounters are when U.S.
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