More people have been apprehended illegally crossing the US-Mexico border this year than in any year since 2009, according to new statistics released by US Customs and Border Protection
As of early May, the US Border Patrol has apprehended around 493,000 people for illegally crossing into the US from the southern border so far this fiscal year."This trend shows no signs of slowing down," a Department of Homeland Security official told reporters.In 2009, agents made 540,865 apprehensions on the southern border for the full fiscal year. Every year since then, apprehensions have remained below the half-million mark.
"This shift obviously has a negative impact on our public safety efforts," ICE acting Director Matthew Albence said Tuesday."Unfortunately, those officers are no longer there to take custody of these individuals or make these arrests."Albence said that ICE's"most meaningful" civil immigration enforcement statistics are all down by double digits this year as a result.
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