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