When I landed in El Paso, I had an idea what to expect. With each passing month, Americans learn more and more about the growing number of illegal border crossings our U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents encounter. April saw a 20-year record: more than 178,000 illegal immigrants in one month. This brought the five-month total to more than 725,000 close to the number of people living in my congressional district.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott instructed over 50 shelters and foster care porgrams in the state to stop housing migrant children in federal custody.
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