Migrant apprehensions soar at US-Mexico border in March 1 SHARES Share it! The data was released as President Donald Trump launches into a sweeping shakeup in the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees most border policing activities including the CBP. Several other Nielsen lieutenants are also reportedly being forced out, while Trump has named CBP commissioner Kevin McAleenan to replace her at least temporarily. Of the 103,492 total migrants apprehended or deemed inadmissable last month, 57,271 came in family groups and 9,348 as unaccompanied children. Trump is reportedly angry about the continuing high numbers of migrants, many of whom are crossing the border illegally and then requesting asylum.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 09, 2019 23:15 UTC