Overwhelmed Border Patrol Establishing Daily ‘Bookout’ Targets to Keep Migrants in Custody

In an email, an acting deputy chief told Border Patrol officials admitted “the rate of daily encounters continues to surpass the daily permanent bookouts and the in-custody numbers continue to rise creating significant risks to agents and detainees.”

Posted by Mary Chastain Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 06:02pm



Fox News discovered that the Border Patrol leadership has established daily “bookout” targets along the border to get a better handle on the overwhelming migrant crisis.

In an email, an acting deputy chief told Border Patrol officials admitted “the rate of daily encounters continues to surpass the daily permanent bookouts and the in-custody numbers continue to rise creating significant risks to agents and detainees.”

“This level of detention numbers has also resulted in increased manpower requirements impacting border security efforts.”

The acting deputy urgently requested that border patrol agents use these daily bookout targets to help the flow of migrants.

I mean, it doesn’t help that the government literally welded open over 100 gates in Arizona.

Can you blame the border patrol? Look at the numbers from July:

The Washington Post issued a scathing article about the Biden administration’s failures at the border in July 2023. The preliminary data from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP):

  • Border arrests jumped 30%
  • 130,000 arrests along the border
  • 40,000 arrests alone in the Tucson sector (highest one-month total in 15 years)
  • Around 50,000 migrants waived through

The Washington Free Beacon‘s data says the administration waived through 45,662 migrants.

So anywhere between 45,000 and 50,000.

Florida has sued the administration due to officials releasing migrants into the state:

“This latest email is further proof of the disastrous cycle created by Biden’s intentional destruction of our border with Mexico. Biden cuts resources, opens the border, and then releases detainees while claiming there is not enough detention capacity to prevent the unprecedented flood of migrants entering the country because of his terrible policies,” [Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody] she said.

“With every passing day it is becoming more obvious that the border crisis is being intentionally orchestrated by the Biden administration. We will continue to do everything in our power to push back and let the American people know what Biden is doing.”

Email at link.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/0...ts-in-custody/