This year’s near invasion of immigrants over the southern border is about to get worse, according to an expert who has accurately predicted the recent surges under the Trump and Biden administrations.
Steven Kopits, the president of Princeton Policy Advisors, said that he expects 2.6 million to cross the border next year, kicking off with a strong spring.
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“This coming March, April, and May, in particular, could post some spectacularly ugly numbers,” he said in a new write-up of the crisis.
Kopits, who has advocated immigration reforms and a visa program based on the needs of American companies for workers, has been surprised by the continued surge of immigrants since President Joe Biden took office. He recently raised his 2022 prediction to 2.3 million, up from 2.1 million.
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“Conditions at the border appear to be deteriorating even compared to the outlandish levels seen to date under the Biden administration,” he said.
October numbers from the Border Patrol were especially sobering, he said. “Customs and Border Protection reported 204,273 apprehensions at the U.S. southwest border for the month of October. This is comfortably the highest on record for the month, besting last year’s record by 28%. To put it in context, October’s apprehensions were more than double the third-highest October, set in 1999 under the Clinton administration,” said Kopits.