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Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 28, 2024

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Last time I looked at the numbers was in the Covid era, when the big split was section 8 vs 42 deportations. So those are pretty much useless, now.

Maybe the CBP stats for transfers (meaning repatriations) and arrivals? The latter gives a ceiling of ~3,500 entries per month at southern-border airports. That is hilariously tiny compared to land traffic on the border. Given the poverty involved, that isn’t too surprising.

By “flights bringing in inadmissibles” I assume you’re talking about the policy getting excoriated here? Comparing those numbers to the airport numbers above, it seems clear that the flights are from border sites to the rest of the U.S., regardless of how the passengers got to the border.