US-Mexico Border Encounters Increase in March
But border officials say the increase is the lowest seasonal uptick in two years
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But border officials say the increase is the lowest seasonal uptick in two years
House Republicans for months have railed against the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, holding hearings, visiting border communities and promising to advance legislation to clamp down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
GOP Hispanics are urging party leadership to listen to those who live the immigration crisis every day before bringing a sweeping border bill to a vote on the House floor.
Police abuse of migrants passing at Mexican detention centers and highway checkpoints is widespread, often systematic and needs to be addressed with changes to the law, an El Paso advocacy group says.
El Paso led the nation in migrant encounters for a sixth consecutive month in March.