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Border Crisis

FAMILIES FLOCKING TO BORDER: Illegal Crossings of Migrant Families Hits All-Time High

posted by Hannity Staff - 9.01.23

According to numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, families arrested at the southern border hit an all-time high in August as gates remain welded open along the Arizona border.

91,000 migrants who crossed the border as part of family groups were arrested by CBP Agents in August, beating the previous one-month record of 84,486 migrant families arrested in May 2019.

From The New York Post:

Migrant families accounted for the largest demographic group crossing the border in August, surpassing single adults for the first time since President Biden took office in 2020.

The August tally brings the number of “family member units” surrendering at the border over the fiscal year to more than half a million people, another record.

Officials also saw a marked increase in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing into the country.

The uptick in illegal crossings comes as The Post revealed that US officials have welded open 114 massive gates along the Arizona border to allow water to flow freely during the annual monsoon season, which typically runs from June through September.

Erin Heeter, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, blamed the steady stream of crossings on “ebbs and flows of migrants arriving, fueled by seasonal trends and the efforts of smugglers to prey on vulnerable migrants and encourage migration.”

More over at The New York Post:

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