A CBP report, quoted by El Mundo newspaper, indicated that more than 20,000 Salvadorans have been detained in the last five months.
Thursday’s data from that agency showed an increase from 4,317 migrants in April to 4,759 in May.
The number of foreign migrants detained on the US border fell by five percent, from 179,742 in April to 170,723 in May.
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