These latest deaths come amid an unprecedented surge in migration due to the policies of the Biden administration. The most recent Customs and Border Protection numbers show immigration arrests there in May rose to the highest levels ever recorded. And CBP made 239,416 arrests along the southern border last month. This is a 2% increase from April.
There were over 2 million detentions in the fiscal year 2022. which ends in September. And there was a record 1.73 million in 2021.
The crisis at the border is only made worse by the extreme heat. And the rapidly increasing numbers are rarely acknowledged by the Biden administration.
Growing numbers of people are arriving from countries Turkey, India, Russia and other nations outside the Western Hemisphere through the porous border with Mexico. And of course, higher numbers of migrants from Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Haiti are being recorded.
In the last two-week temperatures have been rising in the border states. And CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus has been warning about the heightened dangers of illegal crossings.
