Border Patrol officials report that agents apprehended nearly 210,000 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border with Mexico in March.
The apprehensions mark a new record for the Biden administration as they move closer to ending the Title 42 migrant expulsion program.
The apprehension of nearly 210,000 migrants in March marks a 32 percent increase over the February report. It also represents an increase of 24 percent over March 2021. This is the largest number of migrant apprehensions since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. It is the highest recorded number of March apprehensions since the last year of the Clinton administration in 2000.
The Rio Grande Valley Sector continues its reign as the busiest sector with more than 245,000 arrests in March — a 53 percent increase over March 2021.. This is followed closely by the Del Rio Sector where agents apprehended more than 195,000 — a 184.5 percent increase over the prior March. Unaccompanied Alien Children accounted for only 14,167 of the total apprehensions in March. This represents an increase of 18 percent over the February report. Family units accounted for 26,721 — a 42 percent increase over February.
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