Thread by @ReichlinMelnick

Turns out I absolutely nailed it.

There is NO evidence at this moment that there are rapidly rising numbers of families and unaccompanied children seeking protections at the border.

That doesn’t mean it won’t happen next year. But it is not happening now.

https://twitter.com/cbp/status/1338531727459889161

CBP head @CBPMarkMorgan said this morning (h/t @Anna_Giaritelli) that this month's numbers could make the 2019 "crisis ... pale in comparison." Pure hogwash.

In November 2018, a total of 30,421 parents and children were apprehended at the border.

Last month, it was 8,588.

Right now, there is one very clear cause of the increased numbers of apprehensions at the border—single adults being arrested multiple times, following CBP's "Title 42" process where those individuals are quickly turned back to Mexico where they can try again.

For historical context here's what combined parent and child (accompanied and unaccompanied) border apprehensions were in recent Novembers:

Nov. 2020: 8588
2019: 12321
2018: 30455
2017: 10988
2016: 22934
2015: 12075
2014: 5025
2013: 7130

We are at the lowest level in six years.

In any other year, @CBPMarkMorgan would be getting on Fox News and claiming that the lowest apprehensions of families and unaccompanied children in six years is a Trump victory.

But because Trump lost, Morgan is seeking to sabotage the incoming Biden administration in the media.