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Migrant Apprehensions in Northern Border Sector Double Prior Record Year’s Pace

Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents continue to experience record-shattering levels of migrant apprehensions in the three-state area along the Canadian border with the United States. During the first five months of this fiscal year, Swanton Sector agents apprehended more than 4,000 migrants, up 110 percent over the same period one year ago.

U.S. Border Patrol/Swanton Sector

916 Illegals From Terror-Linked Countries Apprehended Since 2014

The number of illegals from terror-linked countries, officially known as Special Interest Aliens (SIAs), arrested along the U.S.-Mexico border has nearly doubled to 462 in 2015 alone, from 255 in 2011, the last year for which the government released data without a FOIA request.

Undocumented immigrants remove items of clothing while being searched by U.S. Border Patro