TIL this chart-from Pew-is deceptive. Why? Recidivism. One guy who tries to cross border & gets caught & returned 3 times is counted as 3 apprehensions in 2006. But lately–eg 2016–more people just claim asylum and stay. They count only as 1. That 1.6M in '00 ain't 1.6M people pic.twitter.com/YsoRaKOF7C

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