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More non-Mexicans than Mexicans caught at border in 2014

By Joseph Lawler
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Non-Mexicans outnumber Mexicans among those caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time, according to a Pew Research Center analysis released Tuesday.

The Border Patrol apprehended 229,000 Mexicans in fiscal 2014, Pew found, versus 257,000 border-crossers from countries other than Mexico.

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