Migrant Family Apprehensions in October Up 378 Percent over Prior Year
Border Patrol agents witnessed a 378 percent increase in the number of migrants families in October compared to the same month in 2017.

Border Patrol agents witnessed a 378 percent increase in the number of migrants families in October compared to the same month in 2017.

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 450 migrants, mostly from Central America, who illegally crossed the border on Tuesday and Wednesday. The migrants exploited weaknesses in older technology to cross over and burrow under the existing barrier.

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than $90,000 in “crystal” meth and arrested four illegal immigrants during a traffic stop on Wednesday.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted a group of Central American migrants and nearly $400,000 in drugs at an immigration checkpoint about 80 miles from the Texas-Mexico border.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of mostly Central American migrants marching through a ranch located about 60 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border. The group included an unaccompanied minor.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 40 Mexican migrants held in several stash houses.

Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers teamed up to stop three sex offenders from making their way into the U.S. from Mexico.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 31 illegal immigrants in four separate smuggling incidents.

Border Patrol agents rescued a Central American migrant from possibly drowning in the Rio Grande River that separates Texas and Mexico. The migrant was part of a larger group who were illegally crossing into Texas.

Border Patrol agents apprehended an average of nearly 1,100 migrants along the U.S-Mexico Border every day in the past fiscal year. During the most recent month, that number jumped to nearly 1,400.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector discovered more than 60 illegal aliens, mostly from Central America, in stash houses near the Texas border with Mexico on November 1. The agents found the migrants in two separate incidents.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector arrested a group of Central American migrants after receiving a call for assistance from local police officers.

Federal officials announced the award of a contract to allow construction of new sections of border walls in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of South Texas. The $145 million construction project is slated to begin in February 2019.

U.S. military forces placed barriers and concertina wire and carried out drills on the international bridge that divides Hidalgo, Texas, from Reynosa, Mexico. The efforts appear to be preparations for thousands of Central American caravan migrants who are expected to arrive at one of the various ports of entry.

A campus “career day” held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers Tuesday triggered false social media claims that agents were rounding up students at a Texas university near the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Central American migrants continue to flow into the Rio Grande Valley Sector in large numbers, Border Patrol officials say. In about 24 hours, agents apprehended nearly 100 from Central American countries including families and unaccompanied minors.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended violent criminals and gang members traveling with Central American migrants. Some of those include members of the most violent gangs in the U.S. and sexual predators against children.

A Honduran migrant died near the Rio Grande border between Mexico and Texas after he appeared to suffer from dehydration. His death followed efforts by Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents to save him.

Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend large groups of Central American migrants after they cross the unsecured border between Mexico and South Texas. In a single incident on Wednesday, Rio Grande Valley Sector agents apprehended a group of more than 70.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents arrested a member of the 18th Street gang who is also wanted for sexual battery in Tennessee.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents say they stopped 13 illegal immigrants from using stolen identification documents to fraudulently make their way into the U.S. interior. The arrests occurred over a six-day period.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents witnesses a human smuggler crash a pickup truck loaded with 16 migrants through a rancher’s gate and into a fence. Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Sector rescued a group of Bangladeshi nationals after they nearly drowned in the Rio Grande. The sector led the nation in Fiscal Year 2018 for the apprehension of Bangladeshi migrants.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent during an arrest. He reportedly struck the agent in the face with an object.

No one should doubt President Trump’s resolve to stop the thousands-strong “caravan” of foreigners heading toward our southern border. What they expect to find is what previous caravans, and also unaccompanied minors and family units, have experienced.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector reportedly arrested an illegal immigrant in possession of child porn after he crossed the border from Mexico. The agents discovered the man’s illicit images after detaining him with a migrant group.

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector arrested a Guatemalan man who was previously convicted for taking indecent liberties with a child in North Carolina.

Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council, told Breitbart News Tonight on SiriusXM that only a border wall and changes to existing asylum laws can stop the status quo of endless migrant caravans coming across the U.S.-Mexico border; and if laws are not changed, then more facilities are needed to detain asylum seekers while their claims are adjudicated.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector rescued a group of migrants abandoned by human smugglers in the middle of the Rio Grande River border with Mexico.

News reports claim that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will order an additional 800 troops to the U.S. border with Mexico in response to the new migrant caravan.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a human smuggler who allegedly packed 18 illegal immigrants into a refrigerated trailer set to nearly freezing temperatures.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents discovered several illegal immigrants packed into the toolboxes of two pickup trucks in separate incidents. The smugglers placed the migrants in grave danger–including the risk of severe injury or death in the event of an accident.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested a child sex offender who was deported in January 2018. His removal followed a five-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a child.

The remains of four more migrants were found in Brooks County, Texas — the deadliest in the nation for those smuggled into the U.S. The recoveries raised the local death toll to 43 in 2018.

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 400,000 migrants who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry during Fiscal Year 2018. The number of migrants arrested represents a significant increase over the previous year’s total of 303,916.

The arrests of migrants by Border Patrol agents between ports of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico jumped 30 percent in Fiscal Year 2018. Agents apprehended nearly 400,000 migrants, including more than 150,000 minors and family units.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested a Salvadoran migrant who illegally crossed the border with his minor son and a large group of families. Court records indicate the man is wanted for murder in South Carolina.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto discussed the migrant caravan and stated that until the heads of certain agencies, including the Border Patrol, do their
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed man for allegedly smuggling five illegal aliens after he attempted to flee.

Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector continue to apprehend record levels of migrants illegally crossing the border from Mexico.
