More migrants caught crossing US-Mexico border despite pandemic restrictions

FILE PHOTO: A group of migrants walk past plowed farmland after crossing into the United States from Mexico, as they make their way towards a gap in the border wall to surrender to US border patrol, near Penitas, Texas, U.S., January 10, 2019.

Roughly nine in 10 of those caught crossing the US-Mexico border in June were single adults, according to statistics released on Thursday by US Customs and Border Protection . The number of single adults from Mexico detained at the border is on pace to rise this year, a shift away from arrests of mostly Central American families and unaccompanied children in 2019.

As the coronavirus spread across the United States in March, the Trump administration restricted non-essential travel across the borders with Mexico and Canada to contain the disease. At the same time, the administration put in place health-focused rules that allowed US border authorities to rapidly expel migrants caught trying to cross illegally, arguing they could bring the virus into the United States.

The number of migrants caught by Border Patrol - particularly families and unaccompanied children - plummeted in April as the new measures went into effect and countries in the region initiated lockdowns.Despite gradual increases seen both in May and June, the crossings still remain far below last year, when arrests peaked in May at 133,000.

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