Reports have suggested that U.S. agencies experienced the highest number of border crossings at the southwest land border in a single month in September 2023, which would also push the yearly numbers past all-time records.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources provided Fox News correspondents Bill Melugin and Griff Jenkins with initial border crossing numbers that have yet to be officially released.
"Per CBP sources, initial data for September shows there were over 260,000 migrant encounters at the border, making it the highest single month ever recorded. This, as a government shutdown looms which would result in Border Patrol agents & CBP officers not being paid," Melugin wrote.
