Beyond the humanitarian and security catastrophe unfolding at the southern border, there is another crisis few know about.

Migrants have been the focus of the border crisis for months, and with good reason. More than 700,000 people have been taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at and between ports of entry in the first nine months of fiscal 2019, more than the previous 12 months.

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