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Crossings, enforcement, benefits and the human cost at the border.
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Roughly how far border crossings fell by FY2026 from their 2021-23 records, under tougher enforcement.
95%. That's roughly how far border crossings fell by FY2026 from their 2021-23 records, under tougher enforcement. The surge overwhelmed cities, which handed out emergency contracts with little oversight: NYC's no-bid DocGo deal had nearly 80% of early payments unsupported.…
291,000+ unaccompanied migrant children were never served a Notice to Appear (DHS OIG, as of May 2024).
32,000+ failed to appear in court. 448,000+ were transferred from ICE to HHS in FY19–23. HHS OIG found 16% of sampled early-2021 files lacked required safety-check documents. The NYT reported ~85,000 were unreachable by phone. Not all are trafficked, but…
BAD Full analysis Missing Migrant Children: ORR Sponsor Vetting and Unaccounted UACs HHS/DHS OIG findings on unaccompanied-child sponsor screening failures, 291,00
107,941 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022 (CDC WONDER).
105,007 more in 2023. Synthetic opioids alone: 73,838 in 2022. CDC estimates ~70% of overdose deaths involved illicitly made fentanyl. Most seized fentanyl is caught at legal ports, but cartels monetize migrant flows and smuggling corridors together, and record deaths…
BAD Full analysis Fentanyl and Overdose Deaths: Border Trafficking and Record Fatalities CDC WONDER overdose peaks (107,941 in 2022), synthetic opioid deaths, CBP
NYC's all-in cost to shelter one person in a DHS hotel in FY2024 — $156 room plus $176 services (NYC Comptroller).
$332 a day. NYC's all-in cost to shelter one person in a DHS hotel in FY2024 — $156 room plus $176 services (NYC Comptroller). NYC's asylum-seeker services: $1.474B in FY23, $3.752B in FY24. Sanctuary limits on ICE plus a shelter…
BAD — multi-billion local spending rewarded the surge and crowded out citizens' needs
Noncitizens with criminal convictions on ICE's non-detained docket as of July 2024 — plus 226,847 with pending charges (ICE letter to Congress).
435,719. Noncitizens with criminal convictions on ICE's non-detained docket as of July 2024 — plus 226,847 with pending charges (ICE letter to Congress). Not all are on the streets; custody status varies. But sanctuary rules that refuse ICE detainers create…
BAD — when policy blocks removal of criminal noncitizens, citizens pay in victimization
Total CBP encounters in FY2023 — an all-time record.
3,201,144. That's total CBP encounters in FY2023 — an all-time record. It wasn't weather. In 2021 DHS ended Remain in Mexico, then released many crossers with Notices to Appear into courts backlogged for years. Border Patrol encounters went from 1,662,167…
BAD — the 2021–24 surge was a policy choice that cities, courts and taxpayers are still paying for
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