via @NickMiroff:
144,258 apprehensions plus inadmissibles, up 32 percent from April
More than 100k were families or children
680k processed during first 8 months of FY19
There it is
132,887 Border Patrol apprehensions in May Of those: 84,542 family unit members 11,507 unaccompanied children 36,838 single adults https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration …
“We are in a full-blown emergency, and I cannot say this stronger: the system is broken,” said acting CBP Commissioner John Sanders.
CBP has detained more than 680,000 border-crossers in FY19, Sanders said, “more than the population of Miami.” Our story