You had more apprehensions initially because you had caravans of a thousand or more at a time attempting to cross. From about 2022 on you had fewer apprehensions because you had fewer agents out actually patrolling. They were changing diapers and processing illegals.
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I'm not sure what to tell you, if you do not believe the people who are actually keeping track of the numbers.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048025/kamala-harris-immigration-policy-border-central-america - from paragraph 6.
I believe the main reason democrats were killed on this issue is that their communication around it was terrible - and you're making my point with every utterance.