Friday, December 07, 2018

Number of border arrests set a new record for the Trump era in November, up 78% over last year

 John Sexton

I pointed out yesterday that Border Patrol agents working in the San Diego area were reporting a “slight uptick” in the number of people crossing illegally since the migrant caravan arrived. Today, we learned that the number of people arrested crossing the border as a whole set a new high last month, at least for the Trump era. And Politico reports the number of family members arrested reached a high not seen since 2012:
Border Patrol arrested 51,856 migrants in November — a 78 percent increase over the same month a year earlier.
Families made up roughly half of those caught crossing the border. The agency nabbed 25,172 family members in November, according to the preliminary data.
The family arrests amount to the highest monthly total since federal officials began compiling such statistics in fiscal year 2012.

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