residents cannot accommodate the families. he adds the governor diminishes his good deed by turning desperate migrants would political pawns. before joining the chronicle, he spent 20 years with the associated press, reporting from africa, the middle east and europe. thank you for being here. customs and border patrol intercepted, i think that s the way i should say it, intercepted 2.4 million people along the southwest border in fiscal year 2023. i then say, well, okay, if they stopped 2.4 million, how many got through? well, the border patrol says about 600,000, but there s a very good possibility it was many more than that. and that doesn t include asylum seekers, true? that s true. i mean, in the del rio region where we have most of the crossings in texas, 83% of the migrants are crossing at established border points and
they can t accommodate so many families but the governor diminishes the good deed by turning desperate my grants in to political pauns. chris tomlinson is joining me now. he spent 20 years with the associated press, reporting there more than 30 countries in africa, middle east and europe. thank you for being here. customs and border patrol intercepted, i think that is the way i should say it, intercepted 2.4 million people along the southwest border in fiscal year 2023. thi then if they stopped 2.4 million, how many got through. well, border patrol says about 600,000. but there is a very good possibility it was many more than that. and that doesn t include asylum seekers. true? that is true. i mean, in the del rio region where we have most of the crossings in texas, 83% of the migrants are crossing at established border points and
economic struggles. important point because a bunch of rag tag rebels don t go amp the largest nations in the world today the u.s. is opening four border points of entry citing a drop in illegal immigration. they are celebrating this in the white house they are treating this like a really, really big win when so much damage was already done. was opening these crossings a good move. at the end of the day, i m all for opening up border crossing to help with trade and commerce. that is something we actually do need. the idea we are opening them under the precipice it is somehow a reduction is a false narrative. we saw a record we thought could never be sustained where over 300,000 people crossed our border just last month. let s put that in perspective. metlife stadium one of the
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