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US-Mexico border arrests in June are the highest in at least a decade
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US border authorities in June arrested or turned away the highest monthly number of migrants at the US-Mexico border in at least a decade, according to a Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the figures and to previously published data.
They encountered around 188,800 migrants in June, up from 180,034 in May, enough to bring the fiscal year total so far to more than 1 million Customs and Border Protection encounters. That's more than in recent years, including 2019, which was labeled a "humanitarian catastrophe" as the number of families and unaccompanied children arriving at the border spiked. Last year, fewer migrants entered the US as the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the globe and shutdowns were imposed.More Related News

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