USA Today -Through August of the current fiscal year, the Border Patrol apprehended 457,871 migrants arriving as “family units.” That was a 406% increase compared to the 90,554 family unit apprehensions during the same period the previous year.
Migrant families from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador made up almost 92% of the total. Honduras and Guatemala both had more than 180,000 family members reach the U.S. this fiscal year.
The number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the border also spiked this year. Through August, the Border Patrol apprehended 72,873 migrant children. That's up 60% from the previous year and has already surpassed the record 68,631 apprehended in fiscal year 2014.
Experts say Trump's enforcement policies send the message that the door may soon close and gives smuggling organizations the perfect advertising campaign: Head for the U.S. now or never.
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