Border Wall A total of 253 illegal aliens were apprehended by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within an hour at the southern U.S. border on Thursday night. CBP said they were screening 166 illegal aliens at the border near Mission, Texas, when another group of 87 people turned themselves in. A statement obtained by Fox News said the group of illegal aliens caught at the border mainly consisted of unaccompanied minors and families that came with human smugglers. "Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation," the press release read.