Posted on 10/29/2019 5:33:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The U.S. detained more unaccompanied minors trying to cross the nation's southwestern border in the past year than ever recorded, according to newly released figures from the Trump administration.
By the end of the 2019 fiscal year in September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 76,020 minors at the nation's southwestern border, an increase of 52 percent from the previous fiscal year.
Most of the migrant children came from Central America – Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – while more than 10,400 came from Mexico.
The figures released by the Department of Homeland Security show a whopping 342 percent increase in the total number of family units apprehended at the border, with 473,682 in the past fiscal year compared to 107,212 the year before.
Much of the monthly data has been previously released, though the latest figures showing complete data for the past fiscal year illustrate the challenge the Trump administration has faced in stemming the number of migrants trying to enter the U.S.
Overall border appreprehensions dropped to their lowest level for the 2019 fiscal year in September, after hitting a peak in May.
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I did a reverse image search and the oldest attribution of this photo was from June 19, 2014.
Winning. Still not tired.
Minors really?
I am 17 going on 37!
Minor traveling alone.
When I was 16 I joined the Navy and traveled alone from Central New York to Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois.
You’re not a minor if you are in the Armed Forces.
Ship them to their own country as rapidly as possible.
Man, just think of all the canaries... oh wait. Never mind... (Emily Latela)
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