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What’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border by John Gramlich and Luis Noe-Bustamante

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What’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border

John Gramlich and Luis Noe-Bustamante for the Pew Research Center report that Border Patrol agents apprehended more migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2019 than in any year since fiscal 2007. The influx of migrants has strained border facilities and become a major policy focus for President Donald Trump’s administration.

Below is a closer look at the shifting dynamics at the southwestern border, based on the new numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency tasked with patrolling the border.

Five top findings:

 
1.    Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border more than doubled between fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2019 but remained below historical highs.
 
2.    There has been a major shift in who is being apprehended, with non-Mexicans now far outnumbering Mexicans.
 
3.    People traveling in families accounted for the majority of apprehensions in fiscal 2019, a big shift from the recent past.
 
4.    Apprehensions rose in every border sector in fiscal 2019, especially in the El Paso sector. 
 
5.    Seasonal migration patterns have changed in recent years.
 
KJ

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