Rep. Mark Green: 10 Million Migrants Expected by September Under Biden

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Mark Green, a senior House Republican, anticipates that the number of migrants encountered by federal border authorities under President Biden’s administration will reach 10 million by the end of this summer, an unprecedented figure not seen even in two-term presidential administrations.

Approximately a quarter of a million migrants were encountered at the nation’s borders in April, bringing the total since February 1, 2021, several days after President Joe Biden took office, to 9.57 million.

At the current rate, the Biden administration is expected to reach the unprecedented figure of 10 million people encountered in a single presidential term in the coming months, according to House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN).

“It is unbelievable that we are on track to hit 10 million encounters nationwide before this fiscal year is even over — and that doesn’t count the roughly 2 million or more known got-aways on this administration’s watch,” Green wrote in a statement to the Truth Voices.

“President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas continue to break all the wrong records, and it’s overwhelming our Border Patrol agents, CBP officers, and AMO agents on the frontlines of this historic crisis,” Green said. “The American people should not have to bear another day of this self-inflicted disaster.”

Migrants walk up the bank on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, as seen from Matamoros, Mexico, on May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

At no time in history during any White House administration has that many migrants come to the border — even in two terms.

The situation has triggered criticism from Republicans, who have accused the Biden administration many times in congressional hearings of failing to respond adequately to the unprecedented surge of migrants over the past 40 months.

Green’s committee passed two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this year. Mayorkas was impeached by the House in February for willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and a breach of the public trust for his handling of border security, but the Senate chose not to hold a trial, letting him off the hook.

Encounters, which include non-U.S. citizens who either enter the country illegally or are deemed inadmissible at a port of entry, have remained between 192,000 and 371,000 per month since March 2021, according to CBP data.

In the decade leading up to the Biden administration, encounters ranged from 40,000 to 80,000 per month.

Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

One of the greatest changes in migration under Biden has been in where migrants are traveling from. For decades, Mexican men composed the large majority of migrants arriving at the border until a decade ago, when Central American families began making the journey, aided by cartels that recruit and charge people thousands of dollars each to move them to the United States.

A CBP official told the Truth Voices earlier this week that the smuggling organizations have greatly broadened their scope since 2020, increasing at unprecedented rates the number of migrants being smuggled from Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.

The Biden administration has expanded ways for migrants outside the U.S. to enter the country legally without walking across illegally.

Anna Giaritelli
Anna Giaritelli
Anna Giaritelli focuses on homeland security, immigration, and border issues. Anna has traveled to the border on more than 40 occasions since 2018 and has covered human smuggling, the evolution of the war on drugs, domestic terrorism, and migration trends. She is currently based in Austin, Texas.

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