Arrests Along US-Mexico Border Hit 21-Year Monthly High

'We are encountering an unprecedented number of migrants'

A Border Patrol agent starts organizing a group of more than 350 illegal immigrants after they crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas, on July 25, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The number of illegal immigrants apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border jumped 12 percent in July, hitting nearly 213,000, officials said Thursday.

The 212,672 encounters was up from 188,934, and represented the 15th consecutive month that the number of apprehensions has risen, according to Border Patrol records. It also marked the highest monthly total since March 2000.