Customs and Border Protection released numbers this week showing the number of people caught crossing the border illegally or deemed inadmissible to the U.S. continued to increase during the month of May.
Border Patrol officials say the ongoing influx of undocumented immigrants at the border and a continued crackdown on big rig smuggling have led human smugglers to recruit teenage drivers on social media.
Three Texas lawmakers announced Thursday that they intend on introducing a bicameral, bipartisan bill that will address the growing number of migrants reaching the country’s southern border.
Concerns grow over number of immigrants apprehended along Texas border
Robert Arnold, Investigative Reporter
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“It’s the busiest I’ve ever seen.”
Border patrol agent and a vice president with the National Border Patrol Council, Chris Cabrera, said he’s never experienced such rapid increases in apprehensions during his 19-year career.
“It’s increasing by leaps and bounds,” said Cabrera. “It’s insane.”
According to CBP data, the number of immigrants apprehended along the southern border jumped from 96,974 in February to 168,195 in March. The last time single-month apprehensions were that high was in March of 2001. CBP data also showed that from February to March, a 174% increase in the number of family units caught along the border, and a 101% increase in unaccompanied children.