Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on 28 April told members of Congress that there were more than 389,000 “gotaways” at the U.S.-Mexico border during the fiscal year 2021.
The figure was disclosed in response to questions from Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) during his testimony at an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.
Spartz grilled Mayorkas, “Do you have an estimate number of those who were not captured by any cameras and couldn’t be stopped by border patrol because they have a limited capacity?”
In the fiscal year 2021, there were 389,155 migrants crossing the border completely undetected, replied Mayorkas, referring to those who were not apprehended or turned themselves in, and those who got past border agents.
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