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I've seen numbers reported between 8 million and 12 million, with variation leaning high or low by R or D bias, but even 8 million is not far from what I said. Here's a government source, although this was written before the end of his term:
https://homeland.house.gov/2024/05/22/startling-stats-factsheet-biden-administration-on-track-to-reach-10-million-encounters-nationwide-before-end-of-fiscal-year/
"Encountered."
A word that is nowhere in the article or any of those it links to defined.
The lowest estimate I could find was 7.8 million. If you want to go with that, fine. Or show me I'm wrong. Do you really think it wasn't happening?