Border agents in South Texas saw increase in migrant families make illegal crossings in August
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post Published 6:45 pm CDT, Monday, September 10, 2018
MCALLEN, TX - FEBRUARY 21: Suspected undocumented immigrants swim across the Rio Grande into Mexico while evading capture by U.S. border agents on February 21, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. Air interdiction agents
The number of Central American families arrested for entering the United States illegally surged again in August, according to a Trump administration official and Border Patrol agents in South Texas, an increase that comes as the president threatens a government shutdown to extract funding from Congress for a border wall.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expected to publish the most recent border arrest totals this week, and the numbers will be used to gauge the effect of President Donald Trump's order halting the separation of migrant parents from their children.
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