US-Mexico Border Arrests Up by 33 Percent in July From June
July saw more arrests of people in family groups
The number of people arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol for illegally crossing the U.S.–Mexico border increased by 33.3 percent from June to July.
Illegal immigrants wait to be taken by Border Patrol to a processing facility to begin their asylum-seeking process in Eagle Pass, Texas, on June 25, 2023. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images
The number of times the U.S. Border Patrol arrested people illegally crossing the U.S.–Mexico border increased by 33.3 percent from June to July, according to government data Friday.
It marks a reversal from when the number of illegal encounters fell from May to June.
Mimi Nguyen Ly
Reporter
Mimi Nguyen Ly is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.
