Migrant Arrests at Southern Border Reach All-Time High
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Over 1.7 million unauthorized migrants were apprehended crossing the southern U.S. border in fiscal year 2021, marking an all-time high, according to unpublished Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by multiple news outlets. Mexico was the biggest source of unauthorized migrants, with roughly 608,000 Mexican nationals apprehended. Prior to 2021, annual southern border apprehensions hadn't totaled more than 1 million since 2009.
The news was covered across the spectrum, with most reports on all sides framing the situation as a political challenge for President Joe Biden. Right-rated outlets gave the news more attention than left- or center-rated outlets did. Coverage from right-rated outlets framed the Biden administration as worthy of blame for the high number of arrests and focused on public disapproval of his job on immigration so far; some also highlighted comments Biden about the southern border made Tuesday, in which he said, "I guess I should go down. But the whole point of it is I haven’t had a whole hell of a lot of time to get down." Conversely, left-rated outlets often highlighted how migrants may be fleeing poor or dangerous conditions in their home countries to seek better lives in the United States.
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