Homeland Security officials are on track to apprehend a record number of unaccompanied minors trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico, the Senate Homeland Security chairman suggested on Tuesday. Related Story: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2585110 From the beginning of the fiscal year, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told the committee, officials have apprehended 23,533 unaccompanied minors trying to cross the border. I think we’re possibly beyond crisis proportions here, said Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. Four months and we’re up to 23,000 already… 2014 was a crisis, right now I think we’re running ahead of 2014 levels, Johnson added.
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