US Border Officials Report Record Number of Illegal Immigrant Arrests in November

Venezuelan nationals walk along the border fence to a waiting Border Patrol van after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, on Sept. 21, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

U.S. border agents apprehended a record number of illegal immigrants at the border with Mexico in November, officials announced on Dec. 23, continuing a trend that started almost immediately after President Joe Biden took office.

Agents logged 233,740 apprehensions, arresting 204,155—easily smashing previous records for both categories. Some illegal immigrants were apprehended multiple times after crossing into the United States.