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Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March

by Alexandra JaffeElliot Spagat
| April 8, 2021 7:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics.

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