US reports massive number of encounters along southwest border in August



Massive numbers of migrants have been flooding America's southern border throughout President Joe Biden's White House tenure and the trend is showing no signs of stopping.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported a whopping 232,972 southwest land border encounters during the month of August, a figure that represents a significant spike from the 183,494 in July.

But while the August figure represents a staggeringly large number, it's only the third largest figure of fiscal year 2023, a period that spans from October 2022 through the end of September 2023. The number of southwest land border encounters in November and December 2022 were 235,198 and 252,320 respectively.

The total number for fiscal year 2023 has already surpassed 2.2 million.

The monthly border numbers markedly increased after Biden took office and have remained elevated throughout his time in office.

"In August 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol recorded 181,059 encounters between ports of entry along the Southwest border. CBP's total encounters along the Southwest border in August were 232,972," according to a CBP press release. "Among CBP’s 232,972 overall encounters along the Southwest border in August 2023, 11% involved individuals who had at least one prior encounter in the previous 12 months," CBP noted. "The number of unique individuals encountered by CBP along the Southwest border was 164,911 in August 2023."

"CBP remains vigilant in the face of ruthless smugglers and transnational criminal organizations who exploit vulnerable migrants, the same criminal organizations trafficking in lethal drugs that harm our communities," Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. Miller said, according to the press release. "The men and women of CBP continue to work, day in and day out, to protect our nation, disrupting the entry of dangerous people and dangerous goods into the country while providing humanitarian care for vulnerable individuals."

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The CEO of tampon brand August said she wants to build a "gender inclusive" brand that appeals to "everyone who menstruates" and referred to potential customers as "menstruators" in an interview with "CBS Mornings."

25-year-old entrepreneur Nadya Okamoto revealed that she wants to make her brand August extremely gender-inclusive, which is noted on the product's box as well as in the name, which she believed to be gender-neutral.

Okamoto, who spoke with Gayle King, said in the segment that “periods make human life possible” and called a menstrual cycle “one of the most natural biological processes of life." She did not say however that it is women who get periods.

The Harvard graduate also said, “We’re also wanting a period-positive, gender-inclusive brand. We are August; on the pack it says ‘we’re here for everyone who menstruates.’ And I think especially in this age of transphobia it really means a lot to us to be a proudly gender-inclusive brand."

”History and society has built up the stigma that makes menstruators feel so ashamed, yeah, it makes us feel like there's something wrong with our bodies," Okamoto claimed. "We're taught that period blood is this contaminable, like disgusting thing," she added.

"It always breaks my heart to hear so many stories every day of young menstruators who get their period and have never heard about it, right? Because suddenly you think you're bleeding out," Okamoto began. "A lot of people think that they pooped themselves because yeah blood can be brown and they don't know that, and period blood isn't just liquid, too, it can clot, so we hear stories regularly of people thinking that like a piece of their heart came out," she also claimed.

"It's just, it can be so scary if you don't know the details of it."

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According to the New York Post, the "About" section for August says that the company's products are for “anyone who menstruates — regardless of gender, race, culture, abilities and socioeconomic backgrounds.”

The outlet also noted that the product boasts that its wrappers are compostable and break down in water.

August agreed to a deal with Target that will have the products sold in 400 U.S. locations.

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