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July 21, 2021
A Border Patrol agent with a migrant who was caught near Naco in August 2020. Customs and Border Protection recorded almost 1.1 million border “encounters” in the first nine months of fiscal 2021, a potentially record-setting pace, but advocates there may be double-counting in those numbers. (Photo by Jerry Glaser/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
WASHINGTON – The number of migrants stopped at the Southwest border continued to surge last month, to the highest level for June in at least 20 years, but officials caution that those numbers could have been inflated by repeat attempts by the same people.
Customs and Border Protection reported 188,829 “encounters” at the border for June, a 5% increase from May at a time when extreme summer heat typically drives border-crossing attempts down.
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US border encounters of migrant families rise despite heat
ANITA SNOW , Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this June 10, 2021, file photo, a migrant family from Brazil waits to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after passing through a gap in the border wall from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz. U.S. officials say attempted border crossings by migrants traveling in family groups that include children increased in June by a quarter over the previous month amid rising summer temperatures in the inhospitable deserts and mountain terrain of the American Southwest.Eugene Garcia/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this March 2, 2019, file photo, a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the U.S. side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. U.S. officials say attempted border crossings by migrants traveling in family groups that include children increased in June by a quarter over the previous month amid rising summer t
US border encounters of migrant families rise despite heat
Officials say they saw 5% more encounters with migrants trying to cross the border in June compared with May, an increase they attributed to repeated attempts. Author: ANITA SNOW Associated Press Published: 6:20 AM CDT July 17, 2021 Updated: 6:20 AM CDT July 17, 2021
PHOENIX U.S. officials say the number of migrant families they encountered at the border in June increased by 25% from the previous month even as summer temperatures rise in the deserts and mountain terrain of the southwestern borderlands.
According to new numbers released Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection tallied 55,805 members of families with children in June, compared with 44,746 in May. While a large increase, the figure is far below the high of 88,587 in May 2019.
PHOENIX U.S. officials say the number of migrant families they encountered at the border in June increased by 25 per cent from the previous month even as summer temperatures rise in the deserts and mountain terrain of the southwestern borderlands. According to new numbers released Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection tallied 55,805 members of families with children in June, compared with 44,746 in May. While a large increase, the figure is far below the high of 88,587 in May 2019. Overall, officials say they saw 5 per cent more encounters with migrants trying to cross the border in June compared with May but attributed much of that increase to repeated attempts by people trying to get into the United States.