More than 500 people, including many families, from African countries have been detained crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, since May 30, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said.
Border Patrol agents have seen a"dramatic rise" in the number of African migrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past week, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has said.in the six days since May 30, more than 500 people from African countries had been arrested by Border Patrol's Del Rio Sector in Texas alone.
In addition to being the battlefield for one of the world's bloodiest civil wars, the DRC has also been hit by one of the biggest Ebola outbreaks in history, with more than 2,000 cases reported in the last 10 months. In recent months, CBP has struggled keep up with the growing number of migrants and asylum seekers arriving at the U.S. border, with the majority of asylum seekers coming from Central American countries, including Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
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