320 Migrants Apprehended in 5 Groups at Border in Arizona
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 320 migrants along the border wall near Lukeville, Arizona in three separate groups. The apprehensions of these migrants from 17 different nations came as President Joe Biden prepared to visit Arizona but skip the border region.
Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin tweeted photos of large migrant groups being apprehended over the first weekend of December. The Ajo Station agents apprehended 321 migrants from 17 nations after they crossed the border from Mexico near Lukeville. The migrants traveled to Arizona from three continents, Modlin stated.
The apprehension of these migrants preceded a trip by President Biden this week. The president’s team announced Biden would not be visiting the border region despite being near some of the busiest border apprehension areas in the nation, Breitbart News’ Charlie Spiering reported.
A few days earlier, Tucson Sector agents apprehended 122 migrants who crossed in two groups in the same area. Nearly 160 more migrants were apprehended over the Thanksgiving weekend.
During the month of November, Tucson Sector agents apprehended more than 23,000 migrants, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. Agents apprehended another 22,933 in October, the first month of the new fiscal year. Official reports indicate a near 20 percent increase in apprehensions over the previous October.
The neighboring El Paso Sector led the nation with migrant apprehensions with more than 53,000 migrants being taken into custody in November, Breitbart Texas reported. In the Yuma Sector, located just west of the Tucson Sector, agents apprehended approximately 25,000 more migrants.
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700 Migrants Cross In Single Group into Texas Border Town
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A single group consisting of more than 700 migrants crossed the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas, and quickly surrendered to authorities. The group of mostly Cuban migrants entered the United States shortly before dawn on Thursday and were arrested by Border Patrol agents just north of the city. According to a source within CBP, the group is the largest single group of migrants to surrender at Eagle Pass.
The group of 704 migrants walked to a busy highway nearly one mile from the river just after 3:00 a.m. on December 8. According to CBP, the group of migrants included 535 Cuban nationals, 74 Nicaraguan nationals, 49 Colombian nationals, 31 Dominican Republic nationals, nine Peruvian nationals, three Ecuadorians, and three migrants from Mexico.
According to a CBP media release, 320 members of the large migrant group were single adult males. Nearly 200 in the group were single adult females. The remainder of the group consisted of 74 family units and 12 unaccompanied migrant children.
Eagle Pass Border Patrol agents apprehend a record-setting large migrant group. (Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas)
The U.S. Border Patrol categorizes groups of 100 or more as “large groups.” This fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, the Del Rio Sector, which includes Eagle Pass, accounts for nearly 90 percent of all large groups encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol nationwide.
The migrants were taken to a nearby Border Patrol processing facility where, according to a source within CBP, most will be released inside the United States as they pursue asylum claims.
Nearly 10,000 migrants were apprehended within the Del Rio Sector in a one-week period ending December 3. During the same week, more than 4,000 migrants entered the country and managed to elude apprehension. Most of the large groups encountered within the Del Rio Sector enter the United States in the Eagle Pass area of operations.
In November alone, 48,000 migrants were apprehended within the Sector making it the second busiest sector for migrant crossings nationwide.
The increase in migrant traffic has impacted the Border Patrol’s ability to field routine patrols in many border areas within the sector. As most Border Patrol agents are relegated to transporting, processing, and providing humanitarian care for the increasing number of migrants surrendering in large numbers, fewer agents are available to detect and pursue migrants who attempt to evade arrest.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.
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