Border officials are dealing with a dramatic surge in migrants numbers that reached in February 100,441, which is more than 100 percent higher than January’s numbers.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) also revealed that about 39,000 people succeeded to cross the border without being checked.
“You don’t know who they are. The big issue is: who are you not apprehending?” Vice President Art Del Cueto said.
Biden’s Top Aide Roberta Jacobsen said that she cannot call the surge in migrants’ numbers at the Mexico border a “coincidence.”
“We’ve seen surges before. Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand.”
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shared earlier this month his concerns that Biden’s asylum policies are opening new gates for drug cartels and organized crime.
“They see him as the migrant president, and so many feel they’re going to reach the United States,” he said on March 2. “We need to work together to regulate the flow, because this business can’t be tackled from one day to the next.”
