National Guard to be deployed to assist on southwest border
Number of illegal immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol on the southwest border. The red line depicts fiscal year 2018.
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WASHINGTON—Apprehensions of illegal border crossers along the southwest border spiked in March to the highest since 2014, when a massive border surge occurred.
More than 50,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended by Border Patrol agents along the U.S.–Mexico border in March.
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
