Strongly disagree with this entire piece as a factual matter. The border has been “surging” with single adults (who made up 72% of all apprehensions last month) since Title 42 in spring 2020, and family apprehensions remain <50% of 2019. The evidence for the thesis is missing! 
https://twitter.com/nickmiroff/status/1373387032983134208
Last month, 100,000 people were encountered at the border and 72,000 of them were single adults, almost all of whom were expelled. Single adult apprehensions have been spiking since spring 2020 and that FACT is literally *not mentioned once* in this piece. That actively misleads.
https://twitter.com/nickmiroff/status/1373387929549176842
Also, where the heck does this number come from, tossed into the public like a bomb with no sourcing, not even "anonymous officials."?
To reach 2 million, we'd need to see an average 182,111 encounters a month for the next 10 months straight. That has *literally never happened.*
To reach 2 million, we'd need to see an average 182,111 encounters a month for the next 10 months straight. That has *literally never happened.*
The record year for border apprehensions is 2000, when 1,610,243 people were apprehended.
Only three months of that year—January to March—had more than 182,111 apprehensions.
So ten months of that straight? A prediction that should have raised big red flags before publishing.
Only three months of that year—January to March—had more than 182,111 apprehensions.
So ten months of that straight? A prediction that should have raised big red flags before publishing.
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