U.S. immigration agents apprehended — and deemed inadmissible — nearly 1 million migrants on the Mexican border during fiscal 2019. That is 88% higher than the previous year. Acting Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan told reporters those “are numbers that no immigration system is the world is designed to handle, including ours.” The number of families arriving at the border more than tripled any previous year on record. [CNN]
Topping the news: Sen. Mike Lee endorses President Donald Trump’s troop withdrawal from Syria, even as Sen. Mitt Romney calls it a ‘betrayal’ [NYTimesviaTrib]
-> Just days after leaving his post as the U.