Biden Administration Breaks Self-Imposed Migrant Cap for Second Consecutive Month

The Biden administration in August blew past its self-imposed limits on the number of asylum seekers it would allow into the country, releasing a group dominated by single males into the nation’s interior, internal Department of Homeland Security data obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

Customs and Border Protection processed 45,403 migrants through the CBP One mobile application in August, an average of roughly 1,465 migrants per day. The federal government in June capped the number of migrants who can apply through the app at 1,450 per day. August was the second month the Biden administration failed to honor its own limit on asylum seekers. The Free Beacon reported that CBP One processed an average of 1,473 migrants each day in July.

The data provided to the Free Beacon reveal another trend: More than half of the adults granted entry into the United States through CBP One were men. Of the 34,210 adults aged 18-79, nearly 20,330 were men compared with 13,882 women. Just 11,189 minors were admitted through the CBP One app in the month of August, which suggests the vast majority of men admitted through the program were single.