The number of migrants encounters at the southern border declined slightly in April but gotaways in the past three years were more than the entire decade spanning 2010-2020.
The U.S. Border Patrol recorded ar decline in migrant encounters in April, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release Wednesday. In April, the Border Patrol recorded 128,900 encounters between ports of entry along the southwest border. The figure was 30% lower than in April 2023, and 6% lower than in March.
Before 2013, the majority of individuals attempting to cross the border entered without being caught,' he said in a letter in January to the House Homeland Security Committee. 'Under this administration, the estimated annual apprehension rate has averaged 78%, the same average rate of apprehension as in the prior administration.' Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
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