The number of undocumented immigrants stopped at the US border with Mexico soared to more than 76,000 in February, the highest monthly level in years, US Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday
1 / 2Honduran migrants try to cross the Rio Bravo, which divides the cities of Eagle Pass, in Texas and Piedras Negras, MexicoHonduran migrants try to cross the Rio Bravo, which divides the cities of Eagle Pass, in Texas and Piedras Negras, Mexico Washington - .
It was also more than double the number of February 2018 and 3.2 times the number for February 2017, the first full month after President Donald Trump took office promising to take aim at illegal immigration. In late January, the government launched a new policy to send the asylum-seekers -- nearly all from impoverished, crime-racked Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador -- back across the border into Mexico to wait while their applications are reviewed, which can take up to two years.
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