He highlighted that border arrests had jumped 160 percent over May of last year. Border Patrol arrests stand at roughly 252,000 so far for the fiscal year, which began in October. For the last few years, border arrests have hovered at their lowest levels since the early 1970s. Nonetheless, the numbers are sure to infuriate President Donald Trump, who has made cracking down on immigration a signature issue. In April, Trump mobilized the National Guard to the border in a show of force, despite the fact that those troops are barred from making immigration arrests.

Source: Huffington Post June 07, 2018 00:33 UTC