Border Patrol arrests at highest level ever: report

Arrests by the Border Patrol are at their highest levels ever, The Washington Post reported early Wednesday, citing unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. 

The data also reportedly show that authorities detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the border during the fiscal year that ended last month.

Migrants from outside Mexico and Central America, including Haitians, Venezuelans, Ecuadorans, Cubans, Brazilians and migrants from dozens of other nations that the CBP categorized as “other,” accounted for 367,000 arrests, according to the Post.

Approximately 309,000 migrants from Honduras were also detained, along with 279,000 from Guatemala and 96,000 from El Salvador.

The Biden administration has increasingly relied on Mexican authorities to stem the flow of migrants headed northward to the U.S. border. But Mexico remained the single largest source of illegal migration during the latest fiscal year, according to the Post, with the Border Patrol arresting more than 608,000 Mexican nationals.