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U.S.-Mexico Border Apprehensions Top 1 Million For Fiscal Year

Nearly 189,000 people were taken into custody last month after trying to cross the border, a 5 percent increase from May.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents detain undocumented immigrants next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence after the women crossed the Rio Grande into El Paso.
U.S. Border Patrol agents detain undocumented immigrants next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence after the women crossed the Rio Grande into El Paso. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC — Federal authorities this fiscal year have detained more than 1.1 million people while attempting to cross the border between the United States and Mexico.

Border apprehensions are at a 20-year high and have increased every month since President Joe Biden took office, according to a report by The Washington Post. Many people who were apprehended this fiscal year have attempted to cross the border more than once.

Apprehensions last hit 1 million in 2006; however, many more people are attempting to cross the border this June compared to 2006. Approximately 68,000 migrants were taken into custody in June 2006, compared with 188,829 apprehensions last month.

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