Influx

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The Mexican government has agreed to work with the United States to enforce laws against illegal border crossings.

Influx

More than 450 immigrants have been arrested in southern Mexico in less than a day.

The United States and Mexico are struggling with an influx of an immigrants from Central America seeking asylum in the U.S.

So many different things are pushing people out of their home countries, and if that’s not addressed, people will still continue to come.

In this example, an influx is an entrance of a large number of people into a country at the same time.

An influx is also the process of something flowing in, like water into a lake or sea.