EXCLUSIVE: 26K Migrants Apprehended in Texas-Based Border Sectors in Six Days
Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based border sectors apprehended nearly 26,000 migrants during a six-day period ending on July 9.
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Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based border sectors apprehended nearly 26,000 migrants during a six-day period ending on July 9.
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector apprehended four large groups of migrants in just over a day. They were caught shortly after they illegally entered the United States, resulting in more than 1,200 apprehensions.
The groups totaled 1,213 illegals. Subjects apprehended included: 520 Venezuelans, 502 Cubans, 104 Colombians, 51 Peruvians, 18 Nicaraguan, five Ecuadorians, one from the Dominican Republic, four Panamanians, one from Bangladesh, three Hondurans, and four Guatemalans.
Border Patrol officials report an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children being trafficked across the Texas-Mexico border.
More than a half-million migrants illegally crossed the southwest border with Mexico during a 10-week period ending on May 15.