U.S. Customs and Border Protection released record-breaking data showing the number of migrant encounters in Fiscal Year 2022.
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, is taking aim at President Joe Biden over the U.S.-Mexico border once again.
Fox News reported on Saturday that a record breaking 856 migrants died at the border during Fiscal Year 2022, which makes it the deadliest year at the border to date. Cruz then took to Twitter and tweeted: “The Biden body bags keep piling up.”
Another unfavorable statistic for the Biden administration shows that encounters at the border topped 2.76 million. This number is up nearly 1 million people from the previous annual record, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The latest numbers also reveal that 20 known or suspected terrorists were arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, according to the CBP. This brings the total number of people apprehended on the “terror screening watchlist” to 98.
On Friday, Biden and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced backlash for not releasing the latest CBP numbers.
