Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press.
Irregular immigration at the U.S. southern border rose again during the month of September, after U.S. authorities found about 57,000 people seeking to arrive from Mexico.
This according to a source who provided the information to Reuters, who noted that the figure is contrary to those recorded in April, when they reached record lows, due to COVID-19.
In August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded 48,594 cases of immigrants seeking to reach the United States.
It should be noted that such encounters cover those persons removed due to a public health provision linked to the pandemic, as well as immigration status detentions and those seeking refuge.
This Wednesday, CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan is expected to announce fiscal year 2020 border enforcement statistics.
Recently, Morgan said COVID-19 has not stopped construction of the border wall with Mexico, and that production has even increased and more than 10 miles per week has been built. "Right now we have 360 miles of wall systems that have been built."
He added that he hopes to have 450 miles of new border wall completed by the end of the year, because "we must have all the tools and resources to prevent things from crossing the border, entering the country and harming us.
