Thousands of children crossed US-Mexico border in October - The Washington Post
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SAN ANTONIO — Nearly 5,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were caught illegally crossing the U.S. border with Mexico in October, almost double the number from October 2014, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Also, in the figures released Tuesday, the number of family members crossing together nearly tripled from October 2014 — from 2,162 to 6,029.
The numbers spiked despite expectations of lower numbers as a result of the colder winter months coming, better enforcement along the border and efforts by Mexican authorities to stem the stream of Central American migrants to the United States. Though tens of thousands of women and children from Central America were caught at the border in summer 2014, it had dropped by nearly half during the 2015 federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.