The number of Brazilians arrested by US Border Patrol nationwide spiked this past year to around 18,000, up from approximately 1,600 the year prior, according to data provided by Customs and Border Protection and historical data
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The number of arrests far surpassed any year going back to 2007. The previous high was around 3,200 in fiscal year 2016, based on available data. The uptick in Brazilians entering the US illegally came amid an overall surge of migrants arriving at the southern border driven in large part by Central American migrant families heading to the US.
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