Migration surged at US-Mexico border in March, data shows
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Authorities caught more than 171,000 migrants trying to enter the US last month, the most in at least 15 years.
More than 171,000 migrants were caught trying to cross into the United States from Mexico in March, new border patrol data shows. The number of apprehensions last month is the highest monthly total in at least 15 years and exceeds the pace of the latest surge in 2019 which peaked at 133,000 a month. The data offers an alarming new measure of the scope of the humanitarian challenge confronting President Joe Biden at the southwest US border. Biden has eased the harsh “Remain in Mexico” asylum and family separation policies of his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.More Related News