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September border crossings to set new record internal DHS data show

Migrant border crossings are on pace for a record-breaking September, preliminary Department of Homeland Security data obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

Customs and Border Protection recorded an average of 7,300-7,500 daily migrant encounters at the southwest border by the end of September.

Those averages come out to between 219,000 to 225,000 for the month. Any sum within that range constitutes the worst September for migrant border crossings in U.S. history, a review of public CBP data finds. September 2021 saw 192,000 border crossings, which held the previous record for the worst September in history..

"These record-breaking numbers we're seeing at the border have become the new normal," a senior DHS official told the Free Beacon. "The question is how much worse will it get?"

The end of September also marks the end of the 2022 fiscal year. Fox News reported that total migrant encounters for the 2022 fiscal year crossed two million, the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre brushed off criticisms of the administration’s handling of the border crisis earlier this month. When asked how to explain the flood of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers entering through the southwest border, Jean-Pierre said the White House has "taken unprecedented action over the past year and a half to secure our border and rebuild a safer and orderly process system."

"We agree [with whom? —ED] that the border is secure, but there is still more work to be done," Jean-Pierre said.