Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said on Monday that he does not believe the border surge is a seasonal phenomenon, in contrast to the notion put forward by the White House that the recent spike in illegal immigration was part of a regular pattern. In March, a sharp rise in illegal border crossings accounted for the number of apprehensions totaling more than 172,000, up from about 100,000 the previous month and the highest since March 2001. “It’s not seasonal,” Cuellar told MSNBC. “Now, we do have the months of March, April, May, June that are peak months, but this is not seasonal,” he added. President Joe Biden, at a March 25 press conference, sought to portray the border surge as a seasonal spike and not, as critics have said, a result of decisions such as halting construction of border wall projects started under former President Donald Trump, or his support for immigration …