The number of illegal alien encounters at the border since October first, the start of the fiscal year, is well ahead of last year's pace.
Fox News reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has tracked over a million migrant encounters since October. 1st, when fiscal year 2024 began. This is the earliest this mark has ever been reached.
That number is also 100,000 higher than the same period last year, when the U.S. saw 908,000 encounters. This is the earliest the U.S. has ever reached the 1 million encounter mark, according to the report.
The U.S. is also tracking a higher number of Chinese nationals crossing the border. Chinese illegal immigrants made up the fastest-growing group of border crossers last year, and fiscal year 2024 is on track to shatter that record.
The CBP encountered over 37,000 Chinese migrants last year, but they have already encountered nearly 20,000 since October. The CBP source says they have encountered roughly 150 Chinese migrants per day this fiscal year.