U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials said Tuesday more than 53,000 families were apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in March, the highest number recorded in a single month. The CBP statement came one day after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from forcing Central American migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases were being processed in U.S. courts.
Migrants Cross Into US From Mexico
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A group of Guatemalan migrants wait to be processed at the border in El Paso, Texas, April 9, 2019. C. Mendoza/VOA News
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Construction workers plan to finish this 6.5-kilometer stretch of border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, by the end of April 2019. C. Mendoza/VOA News