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Since the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2023, migrant encounters at the southern U.S. border have exceeded 760,000, marking the highest quarter on record. Additionally, there have been about 82,000 “known getaways” since that date.
The situation is also notable in terms of detention data. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, as of December 17, 2023, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained 36,263 immigrants, with 66.8 percent of them having no criminal record. The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, has the highest average daily detainee count, with 1,963 individuals in December 2023.
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