Border Patrol reports record breaking immigrant surge numbers

Customs and Border Protection officials say the immigrant surge numbers this year so far are record breaking. 

KDBC reported yesterday that the CBP says in March over 170-thousand illegal immigrants were stopped by immigration agents at the southern border. 

The number of migrants apprehended at the U.S. – Mexico border reached the highest monthly total in 15 years, with more than 170,000 crossings recorded in March, according to preliminary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. (Source: Getty Images).

The report says of that number, 18-thousand are unaccompanied children, which is a new monthly record. 

Biden administration is struggling to keep up with the rising number of migrants, particularly the unaccompanied children, with hundreds of minors beings kept in CBP facilities for longer than legally allowed.

While President Biden has said that his administration is working to place the children with legal and educational services, the administration has continued the health order set by former President Trump to return migrant adults to Mexico during the pandemic.

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