Border Patrol arrests have jumped sharply over the last year but are still well below historic highs of the early 2000s. Juan Carlos Santos, 34, walked past the end of a bollard-style fence in New Mexico with his 9-year-old son, Yair, and was picked up by Border Patrol agents. On Friday, he was at the El Paso Greyhound station, bound for Washington, where he has a cousin who lent him money to pay a smuggler. Border Patrol management on site said there is a high incidence of illness among their staff,” the report said. Arrests are up from 38,243 a year earlier, when about 1 in 3 were members of families or unaccompanied children.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 21:17 UTC