Immigration

Border Patrol: Border is a ‘full-blown emergency,’ illegal crossings hit 13-year high

By Tim Pearce
Published June 5, 2019 9:34pm ET
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Border Patrol: Border is a ‘full-blown emergency,’ illegal crossings hit 13-year high
Migrant families cross the Rio Grande to get illegally across the border into the United States, to turn themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum, next to the Paso del Norte international bridge, near El Paso, Texas. | (AP Photo/Christian Torrez)

U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal migrants crossing from Mexico into the United States hit a 13-year high in May.

“We are in full-blown emergency,” a Border Patrol official told Fox News on Wednesday.

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