NBC News: Record Throng of Over 1K Migrants Arrested at Border Migrants wait for a turn in line to solve their migratory situation, at an immigration center in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Monday, May 27, 2019. Border Patrol apprehended a record 1,036 migrants on Wednesday, according to a news report. (Marco Ugarte/AP)
By Eric Mack | Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:31 PM
Border Patrol set a record early Wednesday morning, apprehending 1,036 migrants attempting to illegally cross the southern U.S. border near El Paso, Texas, snapping the previous high of 424 set last month, NBC News reported.
A majority of the migrants were coming from Central America's Northern Triangle El Salvador (76), Guatemala (515), and Honduras (135) and traveling in the largest group ever apprehended for "safety in numbers," according to the report.
Families comprised 934 of the people, while 63 children and 39 single adults traveled alone, per NBC News, citing two U.S. officials and a document it had obtained.
The record numbers come as President Donald Trump on Thursday teased his "biggest statement on the border," which will come later in the day or Friday. A third U.S. official expects this large apprehension to a "major part of his announcement," per the report.
As Congress struggles to act on immigration and President Trump builds the wall through national emergency funding reappropriated from Defense budgets, large-scale migration has continued to grow.
March and April reported over 100,000 undocumented immigrants, illegally and legally crossing the border the highest total in 12 years and a DHS official expects that number to exceed 120,000, according to the report.
Poster Comment:
Trump needs to bring the troops home from Afghanistan and put them on the southern border.