White House, top Dems silent on historic migrant deaths while GOP blames Biden, vows action at southern border
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The White House, top Democrats in Congress have largely been silent on the new CBP numbers revealing the deadliest year ever at the border in FY 22, while Republicans blame the Biden administration.
The numbers also show there were 227,547 migrant encounters in September. That figure is the highest September total in the history of the Department of Homeland Security, and a massive increase over prior Septembers: 192,000 in Sept. 2021; 57,674 in Sept. 2020; and 52,546 in Sept. 2019. Kelly Laco is a politics editor for Fox News Digital.
Requests for comment on the new CBP data from the White House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Gary Peters, D-Mich., and House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., were not returned Monday.