Record Number of Migrant Families Illegally Crossed Border in August

The number of migrant families who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border last month set a new record, preliminary data show. U.S. Border Patrol arrested at least 91,000 migrants who came over as part of a family group, surpassing the previous one-month record set in 2019, when 84,486 migrant families were arrested, according to numbers obtained…