The government set another grim record in May with more than 55,000 children nabbed by Border Patrol agents along the southwest border.
They were part of more than 130,000 unauthorized migrants Border Patrol agents and officers at the ports of entry encountered last month, up from about 109,000 in April and far higher than the 51,000 or so nabbed in May 2018.
But even record overall numbers shield the true expanse of the crisis, officials said.
As much as 60 percent of agents’ time is now spent babysitting illegal immigrants rather than patrolling the border ...
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