Nearly 133-thousand people apprehended by CBP in May

President Trump tweeted Friday he is dropping tariffs on Mexican goods after the country agreed to step up efforts to stop migrants from entering the U.S.

This may help ease a flood of people coming into the U.S. from Central America.

The numbers haven’t looked like this in more than a decade.

Nearly 133-thousand people apprehended by customs and border protection for crossing into the U.S. illegally in just the month of May.

Families make up the majority of those who cross, more than 11-thousand of them, unaccompanied children.

The acting CBP commissioner, calling it quote: a ” full-blown emergency. ”

Government processing centers and shelters overcrowded, s ome to dangerous levels, with unsanitary and unsafe conditions, according to the department of homeland security’s watchdog agency.

” It was so crowded my son had to sleep standing up, ” said Belkys Castro, a migrant.

Belkys Castro, from Honduras, crossed over into Texas with her two sons in hopes of getting to family in Houston.

Instead, she, along with hundreds of other migrant families were flown to California to make room.

Michael Hopkins with Jewish Family Service said, ” We didn’t realize that folks would be flown into San Diego. San Diego’s a great place to live. So, it did take us by surprise, but it’s apparently 3 planeloads a week. It’s around 135-150 per planeload. We’ve given up on a logic model to this whole matter. There is no logic model. ”

The reasons for the surge in migration are layered.

Right now, people who live in Guatemala and Honduras are facing intense economic and environmental conditions.

With ever-present violence and a drought that is limiting food availability.

Critics of the white house say this most recent extreme spike in movement is a direct result of the president’s policies.

Sen. Jeff Merkley , (D) Oregon, said, ” They’re saying the big change is the message that this is your last chance. President Trump, if you’re ever going to escape these dire circumstances. You have to come now. ”

As president trump focuses on beefing up security, a wall, more border patrol agents and adding u-s troops.

Brig. Gen. Walter Duzzny with the US Army said, ” Today we have approximately 2000 service members supporting the mission along the southwest border. ”

Experts say smugglers are becoming more sophisticated.

It is likely they won’t be deported in large numbers, at least right away.

Focusing far more on success stories from neighbors than threats from the white house

Mexico has agreed to deploy its national guard to the country’s southern border to stop central American migrants there.

Mexico will also accept migrants turned away at the U.S. border as they await consideration of their asylum claims.