Peter Jaquez

7400 Migrants Cross Mexican Border to El Paso over Weekend

El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents encountered nearly 7,400 migrants who crossed the border from Mexico, mostly to the city of El Paso, over the weekend. Border Patrol officials called it a “major surge” in an already overwhelmed sector of the border.

Border Patrol agents in El Paso apprehended nearly 7,400 migrants over the weekend. (U.S.