“Our apprehension numbers are off the charts,” Carla Provost, chief of the Border Patrol, said in testimony to senators in Washington on Wednesday afternoon. (Luis Velarde/The Washington Post)Trump has treated the monthly publication of border enforcement statistics as a performance index for his administration’s immigration policies. Border Patrol agents search for border-crossers near Palmview, Tex., last month. Border Patrol agents apprehend border-crossers in Mission, Tex., last month. A boat carries Border Patrol agents on the Rio Grande just outside Piedras Negras, Mexico, last month.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 19:30 UTC