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Update: Border Patrol nabs 103,492 immigrants in March

By Paul Bedard
Published April 9, 2019 8:34pm ET
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Update: Border Patrol nabs 103,492 immigrants in March
In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, a Border Patrol agent checks the names and documents of families who crossed the nearby U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Immigration authorities say they expect the ongoing surge of Central American families crossing the border to multiply in the coming months. | (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

As the Trump administration has leveled more threats to close the southern border to immigrants, the number of illegal immigrants stopped at the border hit 103,492, the highest in five years, according to just-released U.S. Customs and Border Protection numbers.

The agency seized around 92,607 immigrants at the southern border last month, including 53,000 family units and 8,900 unaccompanied immigrant children.

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