Border Patrol Releases Alarming New Data as Illegal Border Crossings Spike
By The Associated Press
Published November 19, 2020 at 3:47pm
U.S. border authorities stopped people entering the country illegally from Mexico more than 69,000 times in October, the sixth straight monthly increase and the highest level since July 2019.
Mark Morgan, acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner, said deteriorating economic conditions were driving more people to come to the United States.
There have also been large numbers of repeat crossers since March, when U.S. authorities began expelling people entering the country illegally without an opportunity to seek asylum due to the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-border-patrol-releases-alarming-new-data-illegal-border-crossings-spike/
