Border Patrol agents apprehended 209,664 illegal aliens along the southern border during October, according to provisional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by The Epoch Times.
However, it’s the “gotaways” that present the most notable increase.
Each month Border Patrol agents record the number of illegal aliens that they detect, but don’t catch, which they call “gotaways.” However, that number isn’t publicly available and the number that go undetected is impossible to estimate.
Gotaways are generally described as illegal aliens who would have no legal pathway to enter the United States, including previously deported aliens and criminals.
During the month of October, agents recorded almost 87,000 gotaways along the southern border, double that of August, according to provisional CBP data obtained by The Epoch Times….