1M will illegally cross the border this year, 65% will be released into US, officials say

Published June 4, 2019 12:20pm ET



The Trump administration expects to arrest and release into the interior of the country 650,000 unauthorized immigrants by the end of the fiscal year, making it the largest number in a single year.

President Trump’s acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Mark Morgan, shared Tuesday that the administration now expects to release into the interior of the U.S. around two-thirds of the 1 million people it anticipates Border Patrol will arrest at the southern border between last October and September.

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