Why are migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% :U.S. Border Patrol made more than 2.2 million arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last September, the most ever recorded.
44% : Migrants who have arrived on U.S. soil are eligible to ask for asylum, even if they cross the border illegally and turn themselves into border agents, but winning a case is a long and complicated process that can take years due to backlogs.

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