Migrant apprehensions along the southwest border with Mexico in February remained at about the same level as January. The Biden Administration touts the reduction in apprehensions in January and February, but the numbers are still 32 percent higher than in February 2021 — President Joe Biden’s first full month in office.
Border Patrol agents in the nine southwest border sectors apprehended 128,877 migrants who crossed in February from Mexico into the U.S. between ports of entry. This is only 36 migrants less than the 128,913 apprehended in January. The Biden Administration credited the reduction from the nearly 222,000 December migrant apprehensions to the new CBP One mobile application.
“The new border enforcement measures kept February’s overall encounter numbers nearly even with January,” said CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller in a written statement. “We are also encouraged by the new functionality in the CBP One mobile application, which has provided…
