Migrant encounters at border soar past the 200K mark in December, with over a week still to go
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Migrant encounters at the southern border have surged past the 200,000 level with over a week still to go until January, sources told Fox on Thursday.
Last December saw over 252,000 encounters, which was then a monthly record. That number could easily be eclipsed if agents continue to encounter 10,000 migrants a day between now and the end of the month. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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The new surge comes during a year that has seen multiple records smashed for daily and monthly encounters as well as for the fiscal year — in FY23 overall there were over 2.4 million encounters.
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