For further evidence the illegal surge is worsening:
Surge in Central American migrants at US border threatens repeat of 2014 crisis
"A surge of undocumented children and families from Central America detained at the US border could trigger a repeat of the
2014 migrant crisis just as the presidential campaign gathers pace."
The new heartbreaking surge of Central American migrant kids
"In October and November, nearly
10,600 kids traveling by themselves were apprehended at the border, more than twice as many as during the same period in 2014—and roughly the same number apprehended at the height of last year's surge, in
June 2014. Another 12,500 people traveling as families were caught, a 176 percent jump from October-November 2014. The vast majority came from Central America's so-called Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras..."