fiscal year, 230,678. that is also a 500% increase. that s about 7,000 people a day, over 7,500 people a day being apprehended at the border. october is not the biggest month. that s yet to come. the administration has no effect on the border. think about it. the amount of encounters has increased by 500%. probably means the numbers of get-aways is similar. that means people that make their way in, don t surrender to cbp. they re not processed. we don t know their name. that is increased as well 500%. martha: just a complete lack of policy, not having a border is a scary thing, a country has borders. if you travel to a country, anywhere else in the world, you can t get in unlist you show documentation or what is your
it s extraordinairy when you se the people massed at the southern border trying to get in before they lift title 42. it s hard to believe that title 42 is in effect. but imagine what it s going to be like when that kicks in and they don t have the ability to turn back a lot of people. karl rove in that capacity joins us moments from now. what if there was a community of like minded people ready to support you when you need it most? christian health care ministries is an organization with over 40 years of trusted care who understands the importance of family. a group that sees you for who you are, regardless of your health history, offering values based affordable health care cost solutions. learn more today at yourchm.org about health care that puts you in control.
z. martha: more than 16,000 migrant crossings since saturday at the border. 16,000. today is monday. 16,000 since saturday. think about that. the warnings of a major surge if that isn t one in illegal crossings when title 42 expires next week. karl rove in moments. first to bill melugin in mission texas for us. hi, bill. hi, martha. good afternoon to you. border patrol reports that in just the el paso sector over the last three days, they have averaged more than 2,400 illegal crossings per day. take a look at what happened in el paso last night. take a look at this stunning video. one of the biggest, the biggest mass crossing we have ever witnessed during our fox news border coverage. over 1,000 people that crossed illegally sunday night. you can see wave after wave of
purpose for being there. it s just unbelievable the millions of people that have crossed the border since this president took office. i think for so many people, they can t understand why there s not much attention to this. is raul ortiz, the u.s. border patrol chief. he points out 97 million in narcotics in the past 48 hours, firearms, sex offenders, two murders, one injury to a child. yeah, i have a hunting lease in south texas. the border patrol has a checkpoint north of us. we re in a county with 400 people in it. it s the size of rhode island. so a lot of land and not many people. the border patrol tells us if you see somebody and they re dressed like a farm worker, call us. if you see somebody dressed in black, call us immediately and stay away from them.
martha: people say why doesn t someone ask what president biden plans to do to stop this? what do you think he would say? his policy is to ignore it. his homeland security secretary said the border is secure. let s take a look at this. hard to get our hands around this. 2020, that ended the end of september of 2020. there were 458,000 encounters at the border. that s how many people were taken in to custody. 2021, first year that biden was in office, just to 1.3 million. 2022 goes to nearly 2.4 million. that is a 519% increase in a few short years. is it continuing? absolutely it s continuing. take a look at what happened in october. october of 2020, there were 45,000 people apprehended at the border. 201, 72,000. 2023, 165,000. october of this year, this