CBP’s July Apprehension Numbers Break Another Record as Border Crisis Continues

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced Customs and Border Protection U.S.-Mexico border apprehensions for the month of July while speaking at a press conference in Brownsville, Texas on Thursday.  In July, despite the extreme summer heat, CBP had 212,672 apprehensions, beating out June’s apprehensions, which totaled 188,829. Only 95,788 of the 212,672 encounters resulted…