DHS: Illegal immigration at 'elevated levels' in December
By PETE KASPEROWICZ • 1/18/17 8:39 PM
Apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the Southwest border continued to rise in December, showing that the border crisis that surprised Washington, D.C., policymakers in fiscal year 2014 has not abated.
DHS said Wednesday that 43,272 people were apprehended in December, well above the 29,528 people apprehended three Decembers ago, when a flood of immigrants caused a humanitarian crisis at the border.
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