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U.S. Apprehended Record Number of Migrant Families At Southwest Border

A record number of migrant families arrived at the Southwest border over the last year, despite the Trump administration's effort to deter illegal immigration by separating families at the border.

The White House says it's seen a "record-shattering surge" of migrant families at the Southwest border in the past year — and wasted no time trying to blame those rising numbers on what it calls "loopholes" in U.S immigration law.

More than 161,000 migrant families members were apprehended or found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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