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Apprehensions At The U.S.-Mexico Border Decline For The 4th Consecutive Month

Administration officials credit a policy of returning asylum-seeking migrants to Mexico and an end to a policy referred to by critics as "catch and release."

The number of migrants taken into custody after crossing the southern border declined for the fourth consecutive month, according to new figures released by the Trump administration.

Mark Morgan, the acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, said more than 52,000 migrants were taken into

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