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Border Patrol Detains More Child Migrants In First Two Weeks Of March Than In All Of February

Emily Zanotti
Border Patrol Detains More Child Migrants In First Two Weeks Of March Than In All Of February
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More unaccompanied minors have been captured or have presented themselves at the United States-Mexico border in the first few weeks of March than in all of February, according to a report from CNN based on unofficial Customs and Border Protection numbers.

The number of migrant children detained at the United States border is already on pace to break an all-time record, as The Daily Wire noted last week, but the problem is only gaining steam. According to preliminary U.S. Border Patrol numbers provided to CNN, nearly 11,000 child migrants have crossed the border in March — thousands more than in February, and the month is barely half over.

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