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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFamilies crossing U.S. border illegally reached all-time high in August

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2023/08/31/border-families-record-crossings-biden/
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Record numbers of migrant families streamed across the U.S.-Mexico border in August, according to preliminary data obtained by The Washington Post, an influx that has upended Biden administration efforts to discourage parents from entering illegally with children and could once again place immigration in the spotlight during a presidential race.
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested at least 91,000 migrants who crossed as part of a family group in August, exceeding the prior one-month record of 84,486 set in May 2019, during the Trump administration. Families were the single largest demographic group crossing the border in August, surpassing single adults for the first time since Biden took office.
Overall, the data show, border apprehensions have risen more than 30 percent for two consecutive months, after falling sharply in May and June as the Biden administration rolled out new restrictions and entry opportunities. The Border Patrol made more than 177,000 arrests along the Mexico border in August, up from 132,652 in July and 99,539 in June.
Erin Heeter, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said the Biden administration is trying to slow illegal entries by expanding lawful options and also stiffening penalties. The government ramped up deportation flights carrying families in August, she said, and since May has repatriated more than 17,000 parents and children who recently crossed the border in a family group.
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Border deaths: El Paso's deadliest summer has claimed at least 136 migrant lives
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(47,871 posts)1. Border deaths: El Paso's deadliest summer has claimed at least 136 migrant lives
https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2023/08/30/record-heat-leads-to-el-pasos-worst-ever-worst-ever-migrant-death-toll/70669620007/
Scorching summer heat pushed migrant deaths to a 25-year record in El Paso.U.S. Border Patrol reports at least 136 migrants have died in El Paso Sector, nearly double the number a year ago and the highest recorded in the sector since the agency began reporting migrant deaths in 1998, according to agency statistics.
At least 100 of the deaths occurred between May and August. With one month left in fiscal 2023, the death toll is 87% higher than in all of fiscal 2022, when Border Patrol recorded 71 migrant deaths.
The toll has shocked even seasoned agents and law enforcement officers. "Arizona has always had more deaths than we do because the temperatures are more extreme," said Border Patrol spokesman Fidel Baca. "Here, the weird part is they weren't making it far. But migrants have told us they are being held without sufficient food or water on the Mexican side, or they were waiting for hours in the desert for the opportunity to cross."
El Paso Sector spans 268 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, covering the El Paso metropolitan area and stretching from Hudspeth County in the east across New Mexico to the Arizona state line in the west.
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Scorching summer heat pushed migrant deaths to a 25-year record in El Paso.U.S. Border Patrol reports at least 136 migrants have died in El Paso Sector, nearly double the number a year ago and the highest recorded in the sector since the agency began reporting migrant deaths in 1998, according to agency statistics.
At least 100 of the deaths occurred between May and August. With one month left in fiscal 2023, the death toll is 87% higher than in all of fiscal 2022, when Border Patrol recorded 71 migrant deaths.
The toll has shocked even seasoned agents and law enforcement officers. "Arizona has always had more deaths than we do because the temperatures are more extreme," said Border Patrol spokesman Fidel Baca. "Here, the weird part is they weren't making it far. But migrants have told us they are being held without sufficient food or water on the Mexican side, or they were waiting for hours in the desert for the opportunity to cross."
El Paso Sector spans 268 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, covering the El Paso metropolitan area and stretching from Hudspeth County in the east across New Mexico to the Arizona state line in the west.
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