12,000 migrants cross Southern border in a single day Tuesday — highest total ever: sources

The United States set a new record Tuesday with over 12,000 migrants crossing over the southern border into the country, sources told Fox News.

Over 10,200 of those were taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection after illegally crossing into the country between ports of entry, according to the network’s sources.

The total figure of migrants attempting to enter the US will be even higher when the number of people who reported to the Office of Field Operations for asylum appointments booked through the CBP One app, which allows up to 1,450 people a day to be seen.

As of Wednesday morning, the agency had more than 22,000 migrants in custody at various points across the border – pushing the already strained border resources to breaking point.

The previous record for migrants encountered in one day was set at 10,000 in May as migrants rushed the country before the end of Title 42, after which the rules for how people would be processed were set to change.

However, the tough measures promised by the Biden — that migrants who entered the country illegally would be ejected and deported and certain criteria must be met before crossing the border — never materialized and thousands of migrants still illegally pour over the border daily.

Border Patrol forces have been so overrun in three border states that one of the two international bridges at Eagle Pass, Texas were closed last week and an international crossing at Lukeville, Arizona was also shut down.

The closures were undertaken “in order to redirect personnel to assist the US Border Patrol with taking migrants into custody,” CBP said.

Despite the chaos The federal government expanded its CBP One app from 1,000 to 1,450 people allowed daily to surrender at the border and apply for permission to enter the US.

Because migrants need an appointment to be seen at some ports of entry, one immigration lawyer recently told The Post it means more people cross illegally between points of entry in areas which are remote or where the border is not reinforced.

Speaking about the border in California, Erika Pinheiro, executive director of migrant services at legal aid company Al Otro, told The Post: “They normally would be able to walk up to the port of entry and ask to be processed, but the port of entry is close to all asylum seekers except those who are able to make an appointment through the CBP One mobile app.

“So they’re kind of forced to [enter] between ports of entry if they want to seek asylum in the United States, which is just creating a lot of chaos, both for the agency and also for the organizations trying to respond.”