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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: we don't need nurses, right?
Date: 11/23/25 10:02 PM
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I’d be more inclined to look at the period between Obama and Biden for the answer.

According to the CBP web site, apprehensions, by year:

FY2018 521090
FY2017 415517
FY2016 553378
FY2015 444859
FY2014 569239
FY2013 489498

cbp.gov - Sw border migration

FY 2019 977509

cbp.gov - Sw border migration

Footnote for 2020: Beginning in March FY20, USBP Encounters statistics include both Title 8 Apprehensions and Title 42 Expulsions. To learn more, visit the Title-8-and-Title-42-Statistics page.

FY 2019 977,509
FY 2020 458,088
FY 2021 1,734,686
FY 2022 2,378,944

cbp.gov - Southwest land border encounters

FY 2023 2,475,669
FY 2024 2,135,005
FY 2025 443,671

cbp.gov - Southwest land border encounters

Those are the most consistently measured numbers, from the same source, that I can find. Discounting 2020, due to the impact of the plague, there was a sharp increase under Biden, compared to either Obama, or Trump, then a sharp fall in the first year of Trump's second term. So, unless someone wants to contend that Giuliani was doing the counting, that is the data.

Steve
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