As border numbers increase, CBP chief says US faces 'full-blown crisis' if Trump-era policies end
The Trump administration announced Monday that 70,000 migrants were apprehended at the southwest border in November, a 64 percent increase compared to 2019 -- and a sign of a possible surge that Trump officials say could become a full-blown crisis if recent policies are ended. Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan told reporters that the increase, which saw an average of 2,300 encounters a day in November, was mainly made up of single adult males from Mexico -- but there is an increasing number of families and unaccompanied children (UACs) from the Northern Triangle countries in recent months.