Comment: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents turned away 27,772 people trying to enter the United States from the northern border in 2016, an increase of 6.7 per cent from the year before despite a decrease in the overall volume of travellers."

So this started months to a year before Trump took power.  And yet the article mentions Trump a half dozen times regardless.  And I'm certain many commentators will put it on him as well.   

I hate Trump and hate defending him even more but c'mon, this is tin foil hat level stupidity.