(Washington, DC) A government agency is sharing data related to border crossings between the United States and Canada. The information comes from the U.S Customs and Border Protection, which keeps data on border crossings across the nation. The data shows the total number of Northern Land Border Encounters broken down by each month dating back to the year 2020. A total of
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206 Migrants Apprehended in Single Group near Border in Texas
Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Rio Grande Valley Sector
25 May 2021
Rio Grande Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of migrants after they illegally crossed the border near Hidalgo, Texas.
Weslaco Station agents patrolling the border Sunday night received information about a large group crossing the Rio Grande near Hidalgo. Responding agents found 206 migrants who illegally entered the United States, according to information provided by Rio Grande Sector Border Patrol agents.
Large groups get larger! #RGV agents encounter one group of 206 migrants in Hidalgo, Texas.
The group consisted of 164 families, 35 unaccompanied children and 7 single adults. They came from the countries Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Belize. pic.twitter.com/a2UiVjBOLI
11 Mar 2021
Border Patrol agents assigned to the five Texas-based sectors apprehended nearly 64,000 migrants in February. This represents an increase of more than 27 percent from the previous month.
Agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Del Rio, Big Bend, and El Paso Sectors apprehended 63,734 migrants in February, according to the Southwest Border Land Encounters Report released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday. This represents an increase of 13,619 migrants over the January report. Note: The El Paso Sector includes apprehensions in New Mexico.
The Texas sectors account for 65 percent of all migrant border apprehensions, the report indicates.