6/ On the other hand, if I include Feb, Mar, Apr, May, and June AND the total of those months the graph looks like this: 
7/ But note, a "total" column appears AND the total for Title 8 skyrockets too. At first I thought this was just some interns silly mistake, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how @CNN and @brikeilarcnn could accidently create the graph they did.
8/8 They've been ignoring the question so far, so maybe you all can ask them to provide the data they used to create this graph: Or maybe @brianstelter can help me out here?
Post-Twit: And if you want to double-check my calculations, here's my spreadsheet:
I culled the data from cbp.gov/newsroom/stats… (you have to add Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations (top two rows) to get total for Title 42 and repeat for Title 8.
I culled the data from cbp.gov/newsroom/stats… (you have to add Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations (top two rows) to get total for Title 42 and repeat for Title 8.
This is only southwest, but northern border numbers (also at webpage) are immaterial.
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