Biden border crisis far worse than official numbers show

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You see the headline numbers every month. 178,000 in April. 180,000 in May. 190,000 in June. Our southern border is being flooded with migrants every month thanks to President Joe Biden’s decision to dismantle President Donald Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols.

But those topline numbers only capture part of Biden’s border crisis. Each of those numbers represents tabulated “encounters” by Customs and Border Protection agents on the Southwest border. It does not capture all of the illegal immigrants who successfully snuck over the border without being detected.

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