Breaking: Border Patrol Apprehends 165,000 Migrants in February, Up 60 Percent from Previous Year

U.S. border agents encountered 164,973 migrants at the southern border in February, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released on Tuesday.

The number marked a 60 percent increase from February 2021, which saw 101,099 encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Biden administration struggled last year to stem a record-breaking number of migrants crossing the southern border. Over 150,000 migrants were encountered at the southern border in each month of the current 2022 fiscal year.

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