{"id":400047,"date":"2021-04-08T12:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400047"},"modified":"2021-04-08T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:58:36","slug":"crisis-record-numer-of-migrants-taken-into-custody-at-southern-border-in-march-highest-number-of-child-migrants-ever-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crisis-record-numer-of-migrants-taken-into-custody-at-southern-border-in-march-highest-number-of-child-migrants-ever-recorded\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis: Record Numer Of Migrants Taken Into Custody At Southern Border In March, Highest Number Of Child Migrants Ever Recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrisis-record-numer-of-migrants-taken-into-custody-at-southern-border-in-march-highest-number-of-child-migrants-ever-recorded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-921.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>United States Customs and Border Protect (CBP) reported a record number of illegal immigrants taken into custody at the United States-Mexico border in March \u2014 the most in nearly two decades, according to an official release.<\/p>\n<p>That number includes 19,000 child migrants, the \u201clargest monthly number ever recorded, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/nation-world\/ct-aud-nw-mexico-border-migrant-children-20210408-i7x2g6litzb4loei2hoe2gfuku-story.html\">according to the Chicago Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CBP released the numbers on Thursday, showing 172,331 people taken into custody for trying to jump the United States\u2019 southern border. A chart from the Washington Post, posted to social media, shows just how shocking and unprecedented the number is compared to previous years. CBP, the outlet notes, had to \u201credo\u201d the chart and \u201cstretch the Y-axis\u201d in order to effectively demonstrate the number of migrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.077441077441\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: CBP has published March numbers showing 172,331 taken into custody, the most in nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The blue line on the graph below is 2021. CBP had to redo it chart to stretch the Y axis. Our story <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EgrwOA0aIn\">https:\/\/t.co\/EgrwOA0aIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CHdhK3nbgT\">pic.twitter.com\/CHdhK3nbgT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickMiroff\/status\/1380160296266965000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/march-border-crossings\/2021\/04\/02\/150ee61c-93b3-11eb-9af7-fd0822ae4398_story.html\">Washington Post also noted<\/a> that the new numbers seem to contradict the Biden administration\u2019s stated excuse that the border situation is no different now than in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. agents took more than 171,000 migrants into custody last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures that contradict Biden\u2019s claims that his administration is facing an influx no different from previous years,\u201d the Post said Thursday. \u201cThe rapid increase in border arrests and detentions \u2014 which has more than doubled since January \u2014 underscores the magnitude of the challenge facing an administration that has promised more humane and more welcoming immigration policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cchild migrant crisis\u201d that has plagued the Biden administration continued unabated in March, with nearly 19,000 new children intercepted and taken into U.S. border patrol custody, the single largest number ever recorded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorities encountered 18,890 unaccompanied children in March, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, well above previous highs of 11,475 in May 2019 and 10,620 in June 2014 reported by the Border Patrol, which began publishing numbers in 2009. Before then, Mexican adults made up most of those crossing the border,\u201d the Tribune noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarch\u2019s count was roughly double the 9,457 unaccompanied kids encountered by CBP in February and more than five times the tally of 3,221 in March 2020,\u201d the outlet noted. \u201cThe huge increase in children traveling alone \u2014 some as young as 3 \u2014 and families has severely strained border holding facilities, which aren\u2019t allowed to hold people for more than three days but often do. It\u2019s left the government scrambling to find space and hire staff to care for children longer-term until they can be placed with sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number of child migrants taken into custody in March nearly matches predictions made just months ago by officials within the Biden administration. In February, the Domestic Policy Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/number-of-unaccompanied-minors-crossing-border-on-pace-to-shatter-records\">warned the Biden administration that it would need to scale up<\/a> its capacity to detain children on the border because unaccompanied minor border crossings were expected to jump by 45%.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 15,500 children are currently in U.S. custody, many being held for longer than the 72-hour limit put in place by an Obama administration-era court order.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-abbott-slams-biden-after-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-of-immigrant-children\">Daily Wire reported that Texas officials are now concerned<\/a> about conditions at at least one facility converted to a temporary shelter for migrant children after receiving complaints of neglect and abuse \u2014 and even allegations of sexual assault \u2014 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, which is housing hundreds of the unaccompanied minors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services separately received tips that allege child abuse and neglect at the federal government\u2019s Child and Migrant facility at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio behind me,\u201d Texas Governor Greg Abbot said in a press conference Thursday morning. \u201cThese problems are a by-product of President Biden\u2019s open border policies and the lack of planning for the fallout from those disastrous policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, who was placed in charge of handling the situation at the southern border, has yet to comment on the numbers and is not scheduled to pay a visit to the border this week. Instead, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will tour select areas on the border on Thursday, in an event closed to the press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-abbott-slams-biden-after-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-of-immigrant-children\">WATCH: \u2018Presiding Over The Abuse Of Children\u2019: Abbott Slams Biden After Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Of Immigrant Children<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Customs and Border Protect (CBP) reported a record number of illegal immigrants taken into custody at the United States-Mexico border in March \u2014 the most in nearly two &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311861,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-921.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Crisis: Record Numer Of Migrants Taken Into Custody At Southern Border In March, Highest Number Of Child Migrants Ever Recorded","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-921.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Crisis: Record Numer Of Migrants Taken Into Custody At Southern Border In March, Highest Number Of Child Migrants Ever Recorded","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}