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Border Patrol agents along just one sector of the southern border are encountering approximately 1,500 illegal migrants each day amid ongoing controversies over the transport of a fraction of those numbers to liberal areas in the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that “in recent days” agents have seen approximately 1,500 encounters daily, many of them from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.
That is part of a trend seen along the border as a whole. There were more than 203,000 migrant encounters in August, over 157,000 of which were unique encounters. According to data released this week, there has been a 175% increase in unique encounters of migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua over the last year.
Agents have made a number of rescues in the sector, including 13 migrants locked in a truck without oxygen. Within a seven day period, agents in El Paso have arrested two individuals with “extensive” criminal records and gang affiliations, disrupted a stash house and made multiple rescues.
DEMOCRAT-RUN EL PASO ESCAPES LIBERAL MAYORS’ IRE FOR BUSSING MIGRANTS
Migrants who recently arrived from Venezuela after crossing from Mexico wait to be assigned a hotel room provided by the El Paso Office of Emergency Management on Sept. 21, 2022, in El Paso, Texas.
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez showed the events show “how complex our border environment has become and the determination by our Border Patrol Agents to adjust operationally as needed to address any situation on the border.”
Fox News reported last week how several hundred migrants were gathering under a bridge in El Paso, with local facilities overwhelmed – and CBP forced to release migrants near shelters and bus stations.
The 1,500 encounters a day eclipse the numbers being sent by Republican governors to liberal jurisdictions across the country. Texas has been bussing migrants to New York City,…
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