Migrant Crossings Head Toward Highest Since 2007, DHS Chief Says
U.S. Border Patrol agents detain undocumented immigrants after they crossed the border from Mexico into the United States on August 7, 2015 in McAllen, Texas.
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Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are on track to reach the highest level in more than a decade, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen plans to announce Monday as the Trump administration presses its case for an immigration emergency.
The administration projects that it will apprehend close to 100,000 migrants illegally crossing the border this month, the most since March 2007.