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handle is hein.crs/goveefu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional *Research Service Informing the legis ative dbate since 1914___________________ Increasing Numbers of Unaccompanied Alien Children at the Southwest Border Updated August 5, 2021 The number of encounters (apprehensions or expulsions) of unaccompanied alien children (UAC, unaccompanied children) at the U.S. -Mexico border with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) U. S. Customs and Border Proteclion (CBP) in the first nine months of FY2021 (93,512) already exceeds the previous apprehensions record fromFY2019 (76,020). UAC encounters declined substantially from FY2019 to FY2020, largely because of the COVID-19 pandemic and related public- health border enforcement measures. Starting in June 2020, they increased consistently before almost doubling from January to February 2021 and again from February to March. They have since remained elevated. March 2021 UAC encounters (18,723) were the highest monthly total on record (Figure 1). US. officials say figures for July may exceed the March record number, and the figures for the rest of FY2021 are also expected to remain elevated. Figure 1. UAC Encounters at Southwest Border by Month, FY2018-FY202I* 20,000 18,000 -04mFY2021* 16,000 14,000 12,000 -EmFY2020 10,000 8,000 FY2019 6,000 . . 4,000 2,000 FY201B OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP Source: FY2018: CBP, U.S. Border Patrol Southwest Border Apprehensions by Sector FY2018. FY201 9-FY2021: CBP, Southwest Land Border Encounters. CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress