CBP Notes Uptick In Dangerous Illegal Immigration Attempts On Trains
CBP Notes Uptick In Dangerous Illegal Immigration Attempts On Trains
Release Date: April 26, 2021
EL PASO, TEXAS – It is happening almost every time CBP officers in El Paso process an arriving freight train from Mexico. Migrants are discovered attempting to use the railroad system to enter the country undetected.
CBP Officer removing child from train.
Since the beginning of the current fiscal year CBP officers working the two downtown rail crossings have removed 292 undocumented migrants from the trains. That is up more than 60 percent when compared to the 181 noncitizens CBP officers apprehended during the same timeframe a year ago. And in all of fiscal year 2019 CBP officers encountered only 50 people who attempted to enter the U.S. without inspection via rail crossings. CBP officers are encountering migrants from a variety of locations primarily Mexico and Central America.