The call to end the border crackdown comes as federal officials admit the number of migrant encounters for border patrol agents in October dramatically increased from a year ago.
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The number of migrant encounters at the Texas-Mexico border has climbed from 114,184 in March 2021, the month the mission began, to 122,680 in August a failure of Abbott’s office’s stated desire to “stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally.”