Arizona Border Issues

2022 Border Crossing

A record-shattering 2.4 million migrants were encountered by federal agents at the border in the fiscal year 2022 — the most ever.

https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/terrorists-could-be-among-1-2-million-million-us-border-gotaways/

Processed in 2022:

  • 868,867 passengers and pedestrians:

    • 263,000 incoming international air passengers and crew

    • 58,549 passengers and crew on arriving ship/boat

    • 547,318 incoming land travelers

  • 91,605 truck, rail, and sea containers

  • 226,589 incoming privately owned vehicles

  • $9.2 billion worth of imported products

  • 107,000 entries of merchandise at our air, land, and seaports of entry

  • $306 million in duties, taxes, and other fees, including more than $287 million in duties

    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/typical-day-fy2022

Arizona border agents seize 1.5 million fentanyl pills in a single week

Border officers at Arizona's Nogales Port of Entry seized 1.5 million fentanyl pills in a single week, according to an announcement by Port Director Michael Humphries earlier this month.

"Pills included blue, multi-colored, and rainbow colored," Humphries said on Twitter.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fentanyl-seizures-border-continue-spike-shatter-records-2022