The Trump administration said Wednesday it would temporarily reassign 750 border inspectors to address a growing number of migrants arriving at the Mexican border, many of them Central American families who turn themselves in to authorities and seek asylum
In this photo taken Dec. 23, 2018, a Border Patrol officer makes his rounds near central El Paso.
Arrests at the Mexican border jumped to 66,450 in February, up 149% from a year earlier, while arrests in the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, which stretches across New Mexico and much of west Texas, were about eight times higher than they were a year ago. While arrests are still well below highs of the early 2000s, the surge of families and children has tested U.S. authorities.
The orange traffic cones used to divert traffic off Interstate 10 into the canopy-covered border checkpoints west of Las Cruces, N.M., now block the entrance, signaling to drivers that they don't have to stop. Checkpoints are closed throughout the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, which stretches across 268 miles of border in Texas and New Mexico.
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