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March Border Crossings Surge
to 15-Year High
A family from Haiti crosses the Rio Grande into Texas on March 30 to surrender to the border patrol. (David Peinado/NurPhoto via AP)
The number of illegal immigrants apprehended crossing into the United States at the southern border skyrocketed to more than 171,000 last month, according to preliminary data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.