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Venezuelans crossing border to U.S. increases

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The City of San Antonio Migrant Resource Center is the place of origin of the two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants who were sent via Florida to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)
The City of San Antonio Migrant Resource Center is the place of origin of the two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants who were sent via Florida to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

The number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border soared in August, according to new numbers from Customs and Border Protection, with fewer crossings from some Central American countries.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Uriel J. García, an immigration reporter based in El Paso.

Correction: In this segment, we incorrectly refer to the government of Venezuela as communist, instead of authoritarian. We regret the error.

This segment aired on September 20, 2022.

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