STAGGERING #'s "Record number of families crossing US border, as Trump threatens new crackdown" - Laredo Morning Times

"... U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 16,658 family members in September, the highest one-month total on record and an 80 percent increase from July, according to unpublished.."

https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Record-number-of-families-crossing-US-border-as-13314869.php