By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Nearly 1 million migrants were apprehended along the southern U.S. border during the government’s fiscal year that ended Sept. 31, an 88% increase over 2018.
“These numbers are numbers that no immigration system in the world is designed to handle, including ours,” CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said at a media briefing at the White House on Tuesday.
The number of unauthorized crossings is higher than any year in the past 12 year, a “staggering” increase, Morgan said.
The highest number of migrants taken into custody in one year is 1.6 million in 2000.
