WASHINGTON—The number of apprehensions of illegal border crossers along the southwest border has somewhat plateaued in the last three months after a dramatic surge at the beginning of the year.
New data for May shows that just over 40,000 individuals were arrested by Border Patrol, a 1.9 percent increase over April (38,278), but a 160 percent increase from May 2017, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
