Razor wire supplements the border fence in El Paso, Texas on Aug. 23, 2019. Image by Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call. United States, 2019.
Razor wire supplements the border fence in El Paso, Texas on Aug. 23, 2019. Image by Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call. United States, 2019.

The situation on the Southwest border continues to worsen as monthly border apprehensions now exceed 80,000. As the border apprehension numbers continue to climb, the government struggles to accommodate the growing demand of people requesting asylum. This project examines who is actually arriving at the border and looks at how Border Patrol agents are dealing with the growing influx of migrants.

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Migration and Refugees