Arrests at the United States’ southern border topped 200,000 for the second consecutive month and are still on track to set a new yearly record, according to newly released data. Border agents apprehended 208,887 people, a slight dip from July but up over four times from August 2020 and three times from August 2019, the data from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show. Most of the illegal immigrants caught were single adults, nearly 100,000, while approximately 80,000 people who were arrested were part of a family unit. About 18,500 unaccompanied minors, or illegal immigrant children without a responsible adult, were apprehended. “The men and women at CBP continue to step up to meet the demands of high numbers of encounters at our southern border,” acting CBP commissioner Troy Miller said in a statement. The number of border arrests had gone up for 16 straight months, starting during the Trump administration, …