Earlier: Southwest Border Crossing Numbers: 204,561 In May, 1,468,709 in FY 2023—And Possibly SEVENTEEN MILLION Illegals In U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated the numbers on the Southwest Land Border Encounters as of Tuesday, which is pretty quick. ”Encounters” and ”Inadmissibles” are down 30 percent this month:

Here’s our interactive chart, updated as usual:

Does this mean the Biden Administration has started doing its duty and is protecting the border even a little bit? Of course it doesn’t. See Border Patrol Agents Now Under Orders To Cut Barbed Wire, Bring In Illegal Aliens!.

The first explanation for the dip is that it started to get dangerously hot in June, and that discourages crossers.

The second is that it is redefining a great many ”Inadmissibles” as ”Admissible” through parole amnesties and such, and flying them in from Central America.

See

• 541,000 Illegal Aliens Benefit From Biden Regime Administrative Amnesties
• CONFIRMED: Biden Regime CBP One Mobile Amnesty Is Just A Substitute For Illegal Entry
• Latest Biden Regime Parole Amnesty Drops: Illegal Line-Jumping Program For Central Americans And Colombians
• Another Amnesty Appears: ”Refugee” Status For Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, And Venezuelans Living In Mexico

So don’t believe this slight dip means anything good.