Border crossings steady in April after March spike

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Border crossings steady in April after March spike
There were 38,000 apprehensions in April
By TAL KOPAN, CNN
Posted: 8:08 PM, May 03, 2018
Updated: 8:08 PM, May 03, 2018

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Illegal border crossings stabilized in April after jumping substantially in March, a sign that a surge at the southern border may not be imminent, according to newly released statistics from the Trump administration.

In April, there were 38,234 apprehensions at the southern border and 12,690 people deemed "inadmissible," or who came to a port of entry without papers that authorized them to enter the US, virtually unchanged from the month before. The number of family units and children in both categories also held roughly steady from the previous month.

The news comes as the administration has claimed a "crisis" on the southern border, a narrative largely driven by the jump in March and the comparison to the numbers last spring, when crossings were at abnormally low levels.

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