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(LUKEVILLE, Ariz.) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be temporarily suspending operations on Monday at a border crossing in Lukeville, Arizona, in order to free up agents to deal with what they call "increased levels of migrant encounters" at the border "fueled by smugglers peddling disinformation to prey on vulnerable individuals." Border officials said

So many migrants are crossing from Mexico into Arizona around remote Lukeville that U.S. officials are closing the port of entry there.

RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images(LUKEVILLE, Ariz.) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be temporarily suspending operations on Monday at a border crossing in Lukeville, Arizona, in order to free up agents to deal with what they call "increased levels of migrant encounters" at the border "fueled by smugglers peddling disinformation to prey on vulnerable individuals." Border officials said they are redirecting all vehicle and pedestrian traffic to other ports of entry ...

RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images(LUKEVILLE, Ariz.) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be temporarily suspending operations on Monday at a border crossing in Lukeville, Arizona, in order to free up agents to deal with what they call "increased levels of migrant encounters" at the border "fueled by smugglers peddling disinformation to prey on vulnerable individuals." Border officials said they are redirecting all vehicle and pedestrian traffic to other ports of entry ...

RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images(LUKEVILLE, Ariz.) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be temporarily suspending operations on Monday at a border crossing in Lukeville, Arizona, in order to free up agents to deal with what they call "increased...

Arizona’s U.S. senators and governor called planned closure “unacceptable.”

President Biden’s rush to hoover in migrants as fast as possible grows wackier by the day: His team is now actually closing legal border crossings to redirect agents to waving in illegal entrants.

U.S. officials are closing the Lukeville Port of Entry on the Arizona-Mexico border Monday to better deal with a surge in illegal crossings.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that the temporary closure of the crossing will start Monday as officials grapple with changing migration routes.

Extraordinary surge is stretching humanitarian resources in Pima County and might result in street releases of asylum seekers, officials say.