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25K Evaded Apprehension in Rio Grande Valley Sector, Says Border Patrol https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/03/27/25k-evaded-apprehension-in-rio-grande-valley-sector-says-border-patrol/ (File Photo: John Moore/Getty Images BOB PRICE  27 Mar 201995 2:39 Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol officials said that at least 25,000 migrants evaded apprehension this fiscal year after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into South Texas. These are in addition to the more than 120,000 they successfully apprehended. “Those are folks that we know made it past the infrastructure, the agents, the technology that we do have in place—because our resources are stretched so thin,” Rio Grande Valley Sector Deputy Chief Patrol Agents Raul Ortiz told the Epoch Times during an interview last week. “We actually don’t know who they are. So far, here in south Texas, we’ve apprehended folks from 44 different countries. These are from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, you name it.” Unlike the Central American migrant families who are surrendering to the first law enforcement officer they can find after illegally crossing the border, Ortiz said that these other 25,000 migrants are “the folks that are trying to get away from our officers each and every day.” Department of Homeland Security officials previously stated that cartel-connected human smugglers utilized the large migrant groups to tie up Border Patrol resources so that they can successfully smuggle other migrants into the U.S. without detection. In February alone, Rio Grande Valley Sector agents apprehended 25,355, including 14,448 family units and 2,904 unaccompanied minors. These migrants take up considerable resources that would otherwise be directed toward searching for drugs and illegal immigrants avoiding arrest. Earlier this month, Rio Grande Valley Sector agents apprehended a group of nearly 300 migrants who crossed near Granjeno, Texas. Officials said this was the largest single group they had seen so far this year. Officials said they apprehend more than 1,000 migrants that day in this single Texas sector. “Smugglers and traffickers have caught on that the outdated laws, lack of resources, and bad court decisions effectively give them a ‘free ticket’ into America,” U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Neilsen told the House Homeland Security Committee earlier this month. “Make no mistake: the problem is getting worse.” Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for the Breitbart Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook. Dear Congress: What's Your Plan? By Andrew Arthur The border crisis is a serious problem, but it's being handled by unserious legislators. Congress wants to discuss protections for Dreamers and TPS recipients without addressing the root causes and incentives driving the crisis. Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit Ruling on Mandatory Detention of Alien Criminals By Dan Cadman Accepting the arguments made by the aliens and their attorneys at the original trial and appellate levels inevitably leads to preposterous results. Happily, the Supreme Court has intervened to instill a modicum of common sense into the interpretation of the law. Virginia Regulators Take Another Step Toward Ending VIU's License By David North Virginia's regulators took another step this week that may well lead to revoking the license of Virginia International University (VIU), the Gulen cult-linked institution that tolerates plagiarism and appears to exploit the OPT program. Chain Migration and Legacy Admissions By Andrew Arthur No college would let its alumni choose 61 percent of its incoming classes — so why should we do this with immigration, where the stakes are much higher than they are in college admissions?

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