Number of migrant family encounters at border surges by 49% in July, few are expelled

The number of migrant family units encountered at the southern border increased by nearly 50% in July, with only a fraction of them being removed under Title 42 health protections -- part of a broader surge in numbers that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called “unsustainable.”

For comparison there were just 7,296 migrant family encounters in January. It's part of an overall 212,672 encounters in July, a 13% increase over June and considerably higher than the 78,417 encountered in January and the 40,929 encounters in July 2020.