DailyKenn.com — More than 171,000 border crossers were taken into custody in March 2021, the highest monthly total since George W. Bush was president in 2006. The number of additional illegal crossers who eluded detection and capture is unknown.
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More than 171,000 migrants were taken into custody along the U.S. southern border in March, the highest monthly total since 2006, according to preliminary U.S. Customs and Border Protection data reviewed by The Washington Post.
The extraordinary increase — up from 78,442 in January — underscores the magnitude of the challenge facing the Biden administration, especially as it races to add emergency shelter capacity for an unprecedented number of teenagers and children crossing without their parents.