Border Patrol Took 851,000 People Into Custody During Fiscal Year 2019: Report

Border Patrol Took 851,000 People Into Custody During Fiscal Year 2019: Report
Workers weld sections of a newly replaced border wall with Tijuana, Mexico near the the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego, Calif., on May 31, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The U.S. Border Patrol took 851,000 people into custody after they tried to cross into the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2019, marking the highest number of arrests in 12 years.

The Washington Examiner, citing federal data, reported on the figure, saying those who were arrested didn’t include the number of people who approached ports of entry to claim asylum and the northern border with Canada
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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