surge at the border and why now, press illa? >> reporter: we're seeing a steady increase since the beginning of the year of migrants being apprehended but what makes july remarkable is that it is a high number for the hottest summer weeks. these are dangerous times for migrants to cross because of that sweltering heat. and as you mentioned, in july there were more than 212,000 migrantsen countered at the u.s./mexico border. number one, it includes repeat crossers. so the department of homeland security secretary said that 27% of that 212,000 are people who have tried to cross the border multiple times. second, many of these migrants are being swiftly expelled under a pandemic related policy. and third it includes 19,000 unaccompanied migrant children. we were talking about a record number of children in march and the over crowded border facility
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