Biden s watch. More than 245,000 crossings have been made this year in the Rio Grande Valley area alone. Septembers data is expected to show record crossings. In august, however, Us Border Patrol apprehended just over 181,000 people along the southern border. Thats up almost 50,000 injust one month, when you comparejuly s number of about 132,000. And mexicos president , Andres Manuel lopez 0brador, said that last week alone, 10,000 people arrived at the border every day. Here in the us, we spoke to members of congress on both sides of the aisle about the border wall, including republican congressman ralph norman, in 2020, his platform was not building the wall anymore. According tojoe biden, not a serious Policy Solution and he did not think wallace would work, which is total insanity. Now he has proposed 20 miles to be built from starr county in texas. He is using the funds that have really been appropriated in 2019 and dhs is appropriated in 2019 and dhs is a right to use those funds