Border Patrol agents are now immediately releasing migrant families illegally entering the US from Mexico.
According to the Associated Press, the number of migrants entering the county is so high that agents aren’t able to process and briefly detain them all so they’re letting them go. That means local governments are now having to pick up the slack for things such as housing and food.
Border Patrol agents are still facilitating medical and criminal checks but people are not going through ICE, which manages deportation cases.
Arrests on the US-Mexico border have soared in recent months. Agents are on track to make 100,000 arrests in March.
Source: http://www.cbs8.com/story/40216781/border-patrol-orders-quick-releases-of-families
