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(The Center Square) – More than 775,000 people illegally crossed the border into Arizona in fiscal 2023, according to official U.S. Customs and Border Protection data and preliminary gotaway data.
Federal law enforcement agents in Arizona arrested two U.S. teenagers, including one minor, accused of smuggling non-U.S. citizens north from the Mexico border and assaulting a Border Patrol agent while attempting to get away.
The U.S. citizen was taken into custody after cameras caught suspected migrants being picked up in Naco, Arizona, according to the Border Patrol.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 150,000 migrants who illegally crossed during the past three months.
Tucson Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 49,000 migrants who crossed the border from Mexico into Arizona during the past 28 days.