{"id":590084,"date":"2018-06-06T18:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T00:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=590084"},"modified":"2018-06-06T18:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T00:43:28","slug":"apprehensions-at-southern-border-spiked-in-may-but-down-for-fiscal-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/06\/apprehensions-at-southern-border-spiked-in-may-but-down-for-fiscal-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprehensions at southern border spiked in May, but down for fiscal year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p>

A scene from the U.S.\/Mexico border. In the foreground, behind a barbed-wire fence, U.S. Border Patrol agents speak with each other in El Paso, Texas. Across the Rio Grande, in the background, is Cuidad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico.<\/p><\/div>\n

The number of families caught entering the country illegally at the southwest border in May increased sixfold compared with the same month in 2017.\u00a0But despite that increase, some of Texas’ historically busiest areas for illegal crossings have seen an overall decrease this fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The number of family units who were apprehended or turned themselves in to border agents on the Southwest border from October 2017 to May was 59,113, according to statistics<\/a> released Wednesday by Customs and Border Protection. That represents a slight decrease from the 61,809 during the same time frame during the federal government\u2019s 2017 fiscal year,<\/strong> which runs from October to September.<\/p>\n