U.S. Customs and Border Protection has detained 3,700 people along the Southwest border Monday.

According to the agency, more than 3,700 people were apprehended, marking the “largest single day total in more than a decade.”

#BorderPatrol recorded more than 3,700 apprehensions along the Southwest Border yesterday—the largest single day total in more than a decade. pic.twitter.com/JqazvQtoGI — CBP (@CBP) March 27, 2019

The agency says, so far in 2019, 169 people per-day have been apprehended at the San Diego sector of the border. In 2018, an average of 100 people were detained per-day.

If this is not an emergency – what should we call it?