U.S. Customs and Border Protection waited until Christmas to announce that it encountered
233,740 migrants illegally crossing the southwest border in November, as overwhelmed border agents say the problem has become unmanageable. The 233,740 encounters in November 2022 is the third highest monthly total on record, behind the record 241,136 monthly encounters in May and 235,785 in April. It's up 33.68 percent from a year ago.