#shorts On 10/24/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Late Friday, the Department of Homeland Security released the latest numbers on border interactions with the Border Patrol. They show that over the course of fiscal year 2022, 2.4 million encounters happened on the southern border. That’s the most ever on record. Republicans have their arguments about that. What’s the White House’s explanation as to what happened and why?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, I’ve said this before and at this podium in the briefing room: What we’re seeing — this new migration challenge — is driven by people who are fleeing falling regimes and economic collapse … you know — and we’ve talked about this: While we’re trying to deal with the challenges, as you all know, you have Republican governors who are using these migrants … they’re using them as a political pawn, which you’ve heard us call out many times from here, and you’ve heard the President call out … we are doing the work every day to make sure that we deal with what we’re seeing in the southern border.

Q: FY2022, 2.4 million encounters southern border, the most ever on record” A: Republicans use them as a political pawn.