Arrests for illegal border crossings jump 3% in August, suggesting decline may be bottoming out
PoliticsTexas Army National Guard members talk while patrolling behind razor wire on the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) (Andres Leighton)WASHINGTON – Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August, authorities said Monday, ending a stretch of five straight months of declines and signaling that flows may be leveling off. The Border Patrol made 58,038 arrests on the Mexican border during […]