The number of illegal immigrant apprehensions along the southwestern border shot up to nearly 165,000 in February, an increase of 6.6 percent over January, according to monthly data released by Customs and Border Protection. Border officials encountered 164,973 people along the US-Mexico frontier last month, 30 percent who whom had at least one prior interaction with border officials within the past 12 months. There was a smaller increase (4.7 percent) in the unique number of people apprehended, to 116,678 in February from 111,437 in January.
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