Border Tracker

Total border encounters by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), Biden years (blue) vs. Trump years (red):

Fiscal Year	Individuals Encountered by CBP				Cumulative		Notes
	Office of Field Operations	U.S. Border Patrol	Total	Annualized	Actual	Projected
2024	692,829	1,040,667	1,733,496	3,466,992	9,657,741	11,391,237	Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 (6 months)
2023	1,137,452	2,063,692	3,201,144	3,201,144
2022	551,930	2,214,652	2,766,582	2,766,582
2021	294,352	1,662,167	1,956,519	1,956,519
2020	241,786	405,036	646,822	646,822	3,004,925	3,004,925
2019	288,523	859,501	1,148,024	1,148,024
2018	279,036	404,142	683,178	683,178
2017	216,370	310,531	526,901	526,901

Additional table notes:

• A fiscal year (FY) includes October 1 of the prior year through September 30 of the current year. For instance, FY2024 includes October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
• There is a slight overlap of presidential administrations in certain fiscal years. So, the numbers above aren’t perfectly representative of Biden and Trump, respectively, but are close.
• The “Annualized” column scales the “Total” column values to a full year for incomplete years.
• The “Actual” column simply adds all included values in the “Total” column.
• The “Projected” column simply adds all included values in the “Annualized” column.

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U.S. Border Patrol terrorist watchlist encounters between ports of entry, Biden years (blue) vs. Trump years (red):

Terrorist Watchlist Encounters on U.S. Soil between Ports of Entry
Fiscal Year	Southwest Border	Northern Border	Total	Annualized	Actual	Projected	Notes
2024	75	1	76	152	362	438	Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 (6 months)
2023	169	3	172	172
2022	98	0	98	98
2021	15	1	16	16
2020	3	0	3	3	14	14
2019	0	3	3	3
2018	6	0	6	6
2017	2	0	2	2

Additional table notes:

• A fiscal year (FY) includes October 1 of the prior year through September 30 of the current year. For instance, FY2024 includes October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
• There is a slight overlap of presidential administrations in certain fiscal years. So, the numbers above aren’t perfectly representative of Biden and Trump, respectively, but are close.
• The “Annualized” column scales the “Total” column values to a full year for incomplete years.
• The “Actual” column simply adds all included values in the “Total” column.
• The “Projected” column simply adds all included values in the “Annualized” column.

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Biden’s illegal migrant flights to the United States under the
Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) mass-parole program

Top 15 airport locations used and the number of inadmissible aliens flown to these locations in January-August 2023:

1. Miami, Fla.: 91,821
2. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.: 60,461
3. New York City, N.Y.: 14,827
4. Houston, Texas: 7,923
5. Orlando, Fla.: 6,043
6. Los Angeles, Calif.: 3,271
7. Tampa, Fla.: 3,237
8. Dallas, Texas: 2,256
9. San Francisco, Calif.: 2,052
10. Atlanta, Ga.: 1,796
11. Newark, N.J.: 1,498
12. Washington, D.C.: 1,472
13. Chicago, Ill.: 496
14. Las Vegas, Nev.: 483
15. Austin, Texas: 171

Sources:

• https://norman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1882
• https://norman.house.gov/uploadedfiles/dhs.pdf

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Biden Executive Orders that helped cause the border crisis:

• Biden EO 13993 Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities
  • Revoked Trump EO 13768 Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
• Biden EO 14010 Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border
  • Revoked Trump EO 13767 Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements
• Biden EO 14011 Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families
  • Revoked Trump EO 13841 Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation
• Biden EO 14012 Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
• Biden EO 14013 Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
  • Revoked Trump EO 13815 Resuming the United States Refugee Admissions Program with Enhanced Vetting Capabilities
  • Revoked Trump EO 13888 Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement
• Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders

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Trump policies that secured the border that the Biden administration reversed or ended:

• Border wall construction
• Asylum cooperative agreements
• Migrant Protection Protocols (a.k.a. “Remain in Mexico”)
• Title 42
• Prompt asylum case review
• Humanitarian asylum review program

More Biden administration actions that helped cause the border crisis:
https://www.speaker.gov/64-times-the-biden-administration-intentionally-undermined-border-security/.

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Congressional bills to consider:

Best proposed congressional bill for border security: H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023:

• Limits the ability of DHS to provide parole to aliens
• Requires all employers to use E-Verify
• Requires DHS to resume building the border wall
• Makes various technology-related improvements for monitoring the border

Deceptive congressional bill with “poison pills”: H.R. 815, Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, which includes the following text:

• “DISCRETIONARY ACTIVATION. The Secretary may activate the border emergency authority if, during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 4,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day.”
• “MANDATORY ACTIVATION. The Secretary shall activate the border emergency authority if (i) during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 5,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day; or (ii) on any 1 calendar day, a combined total of 8,500 or more aliens are encountered.”
• “JUDICIAL REVIEW. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, judicial review of any decision or action in this section shall be governed only by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia…”
• “JUDICIAL REVIEW… The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have sole and original jurisdiction to hear challenges…”

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