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Southwest Economy, First Quarter 2020

Migrant apprehensions at U.S.–Mexico border spike in 2019

Design: Justin Chavira; Content: Carlee Crocker, Pia Orrenius and Chloe Smith

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About the Authors

Justin Chavira

Chavira is a digital designer in the Communications and Outreach Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Pia Orrenius

Orrenius is a vice president and senior economist in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Carlee Crocker

Crocker is a research assistant in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Chloe Smith

Smith is a research assistant in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Southwest Economy is published quarterly by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System.

Articles may be reprinted on the condition that the source is credited to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Full publication is available online: www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2020/swe2001.