2019 in Review: Border Crisis Peak, Mexico Cooperation, Judicial Wrangling

Illegal aliens who have been apprehended after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—The year began with the president declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

The border crisis escalated, and in May, nearly 133,000 illegal aliens were apprehended by Border Patrol, with a further 11,000 presenting at ports of entry without legal documentation.