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Illegal immigrants wait for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to allow them enter the country at the San Ysidro crossing port on the U.S.-Mexico border, as seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on May 31, 2023. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. border officials apprehended more than 200,000 illegal immigrants at the southern border during May, when Title 42 immigration policies expired, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on June 20.
The 204,561 total arrests is a 15 percent decrease from May 2022, when agents apprehended 241,136.
