US-Mexico border apprehensions spike past 45,000 in August

By Anna Giaritelli

Published September 12, 2018 9:03pm ET

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US-Mexico border apprehensions spike past 45,000 in August — A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols a section of floating fence at sunset that runs through Imperial Sand Dunes Wednesday, July 18, 2018 along the international border with Mexico in Imperial County, Calif. 126-miles of border cuts through the Yuma Sector where thousands of families and unaccompanied children are continuing to cross into Arizona and California even after learning of the government's family separation policy upon apprehension. | (Matt York/AP)

Apprehensions of people attempting to illegally enter the United States from Mexico spiked in August after a brief downturn earlier this summer, according to government data released Wednesday afternoon.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents arrested or turned back 46,560 people between and at ports of entry on the southwest border last month.

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