Apprehensions of families at the US-Mexico border

A spike in families at the US-Mexico border

According to US Border Patrol records, more than 36,000 families were apprehended at the southern border last month. The number of families is several times what it was in previous years.

Source: US Border Patrol family unit apprehensions, FY 2013-2018, Family unit apprehensions, FY 2019
Data for FY 2019 is available through February 2019. A family unit is an adult apprehended with at least one minor child.

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