Over the past four years, the Biden administration has overseen a significant increase in illegal immigrant crossings along the U.S.-Canada border.
So far in fiscal year 2024, 12,859 illegal immigrants have crossed the northern border, with several months still remaining. according to The latest data provided by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows that, with only eight months of data available, illegal border crossings this fiscal year have already surpassed every other year of President Joe Biden's term and marked a significant increase since his first year in office. (Related: Over 500,000 illegal immigrants cross the southern border despite Biden claiming he doesn't have the authority to stop them)
According to CBP data, in fiscal year 2021, the first year of the Biden administration, the Border Patrol reported 916 encounters at the northern land border. That number is expected to increase to 2,238 in fiscal year 2022, 10,021 in fiscal year 2023 and 12,859 in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.
The number of illegal border crossings increased from 916 in fiscal year 2021 to 12,859 in the current fiscal year, an increase of 1,303%.
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 26, 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Illegal border crossings are the number of encounters reported by the Border Patrol between ports of entry, as opposed to total border encounters, which also include the number of inadmissible aliens encountered at ports of entry.
The increase in crossings at the northern border comes as the Biden administration has overseen a recent decline in the number of illegal immigrants showing up at the southern border. According to CBP data, Border Patrol agents reported that 170,723 illegal immigrants crossed the border in May, marking the third consecutive month of declines in illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Since taking office, Biden has been battling the crisis on the southern border, issuing a series of executive orders that reversed many of former President Donald Trump's border security policies, including building a border wall and implementing the Remain in Mexico policy. The president later issued an executive order placing a cap on the number of asylum seekers allowed at the U.S.-Mexico border each day.
The border crisis has hit the president hard, with recent polls showing that fewer than 30% of Americans approve of his handling of the immigration issue.
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