The number of illegal border crossings ending in apprehension by U.S. agents is on track to set a new yearly record, according to a new analysis. The current record was set in 2000 under President Bill Clinton. Over 1.6 million illegal immigrants were arrested that year after crossing the border. At this point, 2021 will “almost certainly” break that record, according to Steven Kopits, president of of the conservative Princeton Policy Advisors. “Barring a major change in policy, calendar year 2021 will go down as the all-time record for apprehensions at the southwest border, and possibly by a significant margin.” Kopits told The Epoch Times via email. As of Aug. 1, there have been 1,066,831 recorded apprehensions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. The typical decline seen during hot weather has not happened. Instead, the number of arrests has kept rising every month since President Joe Biden took office. The year …