CBP releases latest numbers showing 1.4 million migrants entered US lawfully over past 2 years

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its latest study Tuesday, showing forbidden crossings remained debased and level done September, though astir 1.4 cardinal migrants person been allowed to participate nan state lawfully nether 2 arguable Biden-Harris administration programs successful little than 2 years.

What is apt nan last monthly update earlier Election Day, nan CBP dropped its operational statistic connected Tuesday for fiscal twelvemonth 2024, which includes September 2024’s monthly operational update.

"During Fiscal Year 2024, CBP importantly accrued its enforcement efforts and realized a important alteration successful southwest separator encounters, "Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing nan Duties of nan Commissioner said. "CBP continued to place and respond to caller threats posed by nan transnational criminal organizations profiting from nan exploitation of susceptible people, taking unprecedented measures to dismantle and disrupt these operations. We person surged our enforcement efforts to further ace down connected nan smuggling of illicit opioids, including fentanyl, and implementing caller measures to disrupt nan proviso concatenation of deadly narcotics."

The study credits a proclamation issued by President Biden connected June 5 to unafraid nan confederate separator for what it called a "meaningful alteration successful unlawful separator crossings – including a much than 55% alteration successful encounters betwixt ports of introduction on nan southwest border."

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Migrants hold successful statement to participate nan shelter on nan confederate border. (Christian Torres Chavez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

CBP besides said successful nan study that nan Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removed aliases returned complete 160,000 individuals to complete 145 countries betwixt June 5 and nan extremity of September. During nan aforesaid period, nan study noted, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operated much than 495 world repatriation flights.

CBP besides touted CBP One, a authorities mobile app for migrants seeking asylum astatine nan confederate border. The aforesaid app has drawn scrutiny for its deficiency of vetting migrants.

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Signs announcing nan CPB One mobile exertion astatine nan larboard of introduction on nan U.S.-Mexico border. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Between January 2023 and nan extremity of September 2024, complete 852,000 individuals successfully scheduled appointments astatine ports of entry, nan study notes.

The apical nationalities of those who were processed pinch an assignment made done nan app were Venezuelan, Cuban, Mexican and Haitian.

Through nan extremity of September 2024, complete 531,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) arrived lawfully connected commercialized flights and were granted parole nether nan process.

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Border Patrol picks up a group of migrants connected nan confederate separator adjacent Sasabe, Ariz. (Justin Hamel/Getty Images)

Specifically, nan programme processed complete 111,000 Cubans, astir 214,000 Haitians, complete 96,000 Nicaraguans, and astir 121,000 Venezuelans.

The programme was first implemented for Venezuelans successful October 2022, and extended to different nationalities successful January 2023. It allows migrants to usage nan CBP One app to participate nan U.S. connected impermanent parole for 2 years and person a activity licence if they walk inheritance checks and person a sponsor. It was portion of nan Biden-Harris administration's description of "lawful pathways" to tackle nan separator crisis.

The programme has received furious guidance from Republicans, immoderate of whom person described nan management arsenic moving migrant flights, but nether this program, migrants must shape their ain travel. Republicans said nan programme was an maltreatment of parole, which is constricted to a case-by-case ground for urgent humanitarian reasons aliases important nationalist benefit.

Earlier this month, nan Biden-Harris management said it would not widen nan ineligible position of hundreds of thousands of migrants who came to nan U.S. done nan CHNV programme that was halted earlier this twelvemonth because of discoveries of fraud successful nan program.

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Texas National Guard troops watch complete much than 1,000 immigrants who had crossed nan Rio Grande from Mexico, Dec. 18, 2023, successful Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

The White House issued a connection astir CBP’s latest report.

"The information published coming by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that since nan President announced caller executive actions to unafraid nan separator connected June 4, unlawful separator crossings person dropped by much than 55% to nan lowest levels successful complete 4 years," White House Spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández said. "Encounters betwixt ports of introduction are little than they were during nan past respective months of nan erstwhile Administration."

Hernández continued to take sides nan statistic while pointing fingers astatine Republicans.

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"For months, nan Biden-Harris Administration worked pinch a bipartisan group of Senators to trade a historical bipartisan separator information statement that would person added thousands of frontline unit to nan separator – but Congressional Republicans voted against that statement doubly – proving that they are much willing successful cynically playing authorities than securing nan border," he said. "The Biden-Harris Administration has taken effective action, and Republican officials proceed to do nothing."

Fox News’ Adam Shaw and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.