More than 90 percent of the most recent migrants are from Guatemala. What's the situation on the ground like that's prompted a sudden shift in who's trying to cross the border?
" —"President Trump has tried to halt the arrival of undocumented migrants by beefing up border security, limiting who qualifies for asylum and, for a while, separating migrant children from their parents at the border. However, figures released on Tuesday suggest that those measures are failing to deter tens of thousands of migrants from journeying over land to the United States.
"To understand what’s happening, it’s important to look at who is coming, what is driving them and how the answers to those questions have changed over the years."" —"A record number of Central American migrants are overwhelming Border Patrol agents and facilities, with New Mexico among the areas bearing the brunt of the surge, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.
"Nielsen, who has managed to keep her job despite reports of rifts with the White House, testified before the House Homeland Security Committee led by Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi. She was pressed by the committee's Democratic majority on her oversight of the administration's stringent immigration enforcement efforts, including the practice of separating migrant families near the U.S.-Mexico border.
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