The Border Patrol already makes these numbers public once a year. It's not like these are any secret.
What they want to do is throw around numbers which are historically low, but because people don't have any context, they'll freak out about it. It's propaganda.
What they want to do is throw around numbers which are historically low, but because people don't have any context, they'll freak out about it. It's propaganda.
https://twitter.com/Anna_Giaritelli/status/1326914262149836800
In 2006, the Border Patrol recorded 1,071,972 apprehensions and 615,000 “got aways.”
In 2019 they recorded 851,508 apprehensions and just 140,000 “got aways”—a 77% drop since 2006.
We haven't seen FY20 numbers yet.
In 2019 they recorded 851,508 apprehensions and just 140,000 “got aways”—a 77% drop since 2006.
We haven't seen FY20 numbers yet.
https://twitter.com/Anna_Giaritelli/status/1326914262149836800
Importantly, we might expect an increase in reported "got aways" this year from the Border Patrol not because of more *people,* but because of more *data.*
The Border Patrol Chief wrote earlier this year that improved reporting of incidents will itself lead to an increase.
The Border Patrol Chief wrote earlier this year that improved reporting of incidents will itself lead to an increase.
These issues of what data to report or not produce extremely odd results, like this chart from September where the official metric for "known illegal entries" will be massively lower than the target because they don't count Title 42 expulsions. performance.gov/homeland_secur…
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