Border apprehensions up 203% along Southwest border

EL PASO, Texas - Border apprehensions have been on the rise since April of 2017, according to Customs and Border Protection. In April of 2017, there were a total of 15,766 apprehensions along the southwest border. The figure increased to 19,940 in May of 2017 and more than tripled in March of 2018 to 50,308. “The crisis at our Southwest border is real. The number of illegal border crossings during the month of March shows an urgent need to address the ongoing situation at the border. We saw a 203 percent increase from March 2017 compared to March 2018 and a 37 percent increase from last month to this month – the largest increase from month to month since 2011," Tyler Houlton, DHS press secretary said...MORE