| The number of migrants detained monthly along the Mexico border exceeded 200,000 for the first time since 2000, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement data released Thursday. Among the 212,672 migrants taken into U.S. custody in July were nearly 83,000 family members and just under 19,000 unaccompanied teenagers and children. Their care and custody requirements in the middle of a pandemic have once more overwhelmed the Biden administration, according to border agents, local officials and aid groups in the Rio Grande Valley. |
| | | | News Alert | Aug. 12, 4:03 p.m. EDT | | | | | The number of migrants detained monthly along the Mexico border exceeded 200,000 for the first time since 2000, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement data released Thursday. Among the 212,672 migrants taken into U.S. custody in July were nearly 83,000 family members and just under 19,000 unaccompanied teenagers and children. Their care and custody requirements in the middle of a pandemic have once more overwhelmed the Biden administration, according to border agents, local officials and aid groups in the Rio Grande Valley. | | | | | |
