New apprehension numbers from @CBP should settle once and for all if we're having an emergency on the southern border

Greg P. | 9:45 AM on March 27, 2019

According to new numbers released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection department, 3700 people were apprehended yesterday along the Southwest Border, making it “the largest single day total in more than a decade”:

#BorderPatrol recorded more than 3,700 apprehensions along the Southwest Border yesterday—the largest single day total in more than a decade. pic.twitter.com/JqazvQtoGI

— CBP (@CBP) March 27, 2019

So, is it OK if we call it an emergency yet?

COO Sanders: We are experiencing a humanitarian crisis along the southern border. It is overwhelming, I don’t know another way to describe it. Some hard facts with regards to what is happening along the border.

— CBP (@CBP) March 26, 2019

More facts from CBP. . .

The demographics of those apprehended has shifted from single men from Mexico:

COO Sanders: In 2008, roughly 90% of the individuals that came across the border were from Mexico. Up until 2011, 90% of the people that came across the border were single adults. That’s a very different demographic to what we are seeing today. pic.twitter.com/blUDZlhALs

— CBP (@CBP) March 26, 2019

To now mostly family units and unaccompanied children:

COO Sanders: We currently have 12,000 people in custody at Border Patrol stations and Ports of Entry. Of those 12,000 people, roughly 7,000 are family units and 1,300 are unaccompanied children.

— CBP (@CBP) March 26, 2019

And the number of large groups apprehended each year continues to grow:

COO Sanders: In FY17, we had two groups of 100 people or more cross the border. In FY18 that climbed to 13. So far this fiscal year, we have had 93 groups of 100 or more people cross the border. pic.twitter.com/p8bNHTp1sj

— CBP (@CBP) March 26, 2019

COO Sanders: If you look at our 21-day averages for the month of March, we are on track for 100,000 people to cross the border. Of those 100,000, 58,000 are family units and 9,000 are unaccompanied children. In total, of that 100,000, roughly 35,000 will be children. pic.twitter.com/VMVAjAwbg9

— CBP (@CBP) March 26, 2019

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These 3 videos from CBP show EXACTLY why there's a crisis on the southern border https://t.co/BuAexkbiCb

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 16, 2019

No big deal, just a new smuggling scheme where traffickers bus large numbers of asylum seekers directly to the border https://t.co/ey0xU4tH6Z

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 16, 2019