Had the numbers remained high, the choices facing Mr. Mayorkas and his team were all bad, Border Patrol Deputy Chief Matthew Hudak told the judge in a court filing Friday.
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More than 27,000 migrants were in custody along the border one day last week, a number that may top 45,000 by the end of May if authorities can’t release migrants without orders to appear in immigration court, Hudak said.
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