United States Border Patrol really IS at a breaking point!

Media ignores surge in migrant apprehensions at the southern border; Fox News media analyst Howie Kurtz and former DHS special agent Tim Ballard weigh in.

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As Trump moves to declare national emergency to build wall, border crossings at record lows 

RECORD LOWS!

See Also: Beto O’Rourke saying "walls do not save lives. Walls end lives" because it forces people who are illegally crossing to go to more remote places on the border.

Well it turns out that’s not true at all. It might surprise you, but this counter report comes from the NY Times today:

For the fourth time in five months, the number of migrant families crossing the southwest border has broken records, border enforcement authorities said Tuesday, warning that government facilities are full and agents are overwhelmed.

More than 76,000 migrants crossed the border without authorization in February, more than double the levels from the same period last year and approaching the largest numbers seen in any February in the last 12 years.

“The system is well beyond capacity, and remains at the breaking point,” Kevin K. McAleenan, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, told reporters in announcing the new data.

This jibes with what the border patrol chief told Congress one week ago:

U.S. Border Patrol Chief (@USBPChief) Carla Provost: "There is an ongoing debate about whether this constitutes a border security crisis or a humanitarian crisis. Let me be clear: it is both." 

Here’s more from the Border Patrol as of today:

NEW CBP numbers:

Over 268K apprehensions for fiscal year (since OCT) (97% increase from same time last year)

76K apprehensions & inadmissible arrivals (+31% over Jan & highest Feb in 12 years)

Family units/UACs were 65 percent of Feb apprehensions

— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill)

Also from new CBP stats: 

A 300 percent increase in family unit apprehensions compared to the same time last fiscal year.

— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) 

Also, CBP issued 31,000 referrals for medical care in Feb, compared to 12K in Feb 2018.

— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) 

See Also: Here are the Republican Senators who will vote AGAINST Trump’s National Emergency

Also, CBP notes that there have been some "70 large groups of 100 or more individuals totaling 12,069 apprehensions" so far in FY19.

There were 13 such groups in FY18 and 2 in FY17.

— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) 

See the red line? That's this fiscal year in border apprehensions/inadmissible entries.

— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) 

So yes, it’s really bad and Trump has been right all along about this being a crisis. But don’t hold your breath for the media to run with this NY Times report or this other data from the Border Patrol. They only seem to care when the facts fit their anti-Trump narrative and in this case, they most certainly don’t.