Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a record-setting number of migrants who illegally crossed the Canadian border between ports of entry in March. The number of migrants arrested in the first six months of this year nearly doubled the same period last year.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of nine migrants from the United Kingdom after they illegally crossed the Canadian Border into Vermont. Agents arrested the migrants after they crashed through a landowner’s gate in an attempt to enter the U.S. without being discovered.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more migrants crossing the Canadian Border into the U.S. this year than in the past twelve years combined, according to the sector chief patrol agent. A recent change in Canadian immigration policies could bring a positive change in this disturbing trend.
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.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three Mexican migrants who illegally crossed the Canadian border into New York on December 9, according to information received this week from CBP officials. The migrants all suffered injury from exposure to the wintery conditions and were taken to a hospital for treatment.
A federal court in New York sentenced a twice-deported Mexican national to 46 months in prison for human smuggling and illegal re-entry into the United States. The criminal alien previously served a sentence of six years in a Texas prison for aggravated cocaine smuggling.
Houlton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 20 Romanian migrants who rushed a border crossing from Canada into Main on Tuesday. The migrants illegally crossed the border in four human smuggling vehicles.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Colombian migrant in Vermont for allegedly smuggling a group of Mexican migrants across the Canadian border. The Colombian migrant illegally entered the U.S. in Texas just over a year ago and was released by the Biden administration on immigration parole.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the southwest border with Mexico apprehended more than 187,000 migrants during October — the first month of the new fiscal year. A source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated another 30,000 migrants were reported as “known gotaways.”
Official numbers released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 7,000 migrants during the just-ended fiscal year. The apprehension total exceeds the prior 11 years combined.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 6,800 migrants during the recently ended Fiscal Year 23. This is more than the total apprehensions during the past 11 years, according to the sector chief.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Mexican national illegally in possession of a shotgun near the Canadian border with Vermont, according to court documents obtained by Breitbart Texas. The Mexican man admitted to illegally entering the U.S. approximately 20 years ago.
Blaine Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of 29 migrants on a train that crossed the Canadian border into the state of Washington on August 31. The migrants included 28 Mexican nationals and one citizen of Colombia.
Border Patrol officials stated that three Mexican nationals assaulted a Swanton Sector agent after the group illegally crossed the border from Canada on August 20. All three face charges of assault on a federal agent.
A federal judge sentenced a Honduran man who later became a naturalized U.S. citizen to serve more than ten years in prison following his guilty plea on charges related to the possession of child pornography and conspiracy to commit human smuggling. Border Patrol agents arrested the man and an alleged conspirator in April 2021 near the U.S.-Canada border in Burke, New York, after finding him with a group of Vietnamese migrants who had crossed the border illegally.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more migrants during the first ten months of FY23 than in the prior nine years combined, an official tweeted. The unofficial report indicated the arrest of more than 5,400 migrants who illegally crossed the Canadian border into the U.S. since October 1, 2022.
The Texas governor’s office says Operation Lone Star successfully moves migrant border crossings to other states, including the northern U.S. border with Canada. A recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection report indicates a decrease in migrant apprehensions in Texas-based border sectors and a simultaneous increase in the Tucson, Miami, and Canadian border sectors.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend migrants crossing the border from Canada at a record-shattering rate. During the past week, agents arrested 141 migrants from 17 countries who illegally entered the U.S. from Canada.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more migrants who illegally crossed the border this year than in the previous five years combined. While the numbers dropped slightly in May the shocking trend continues.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a woman and her six-year-old daughter after they risked hypothermia to illegally cross the border from Canada into New York last week. The agents found the mother and child as they wandered lost in the woods near Ft. Covington, New York, at about 2 a.m.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more migrants so far this fiscal year than the previous four years combined. During the first seven months of the fiscal year, agents apprehended more than 3,000 migrants.
A Mexican man, illegally present in the United States, pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling other Mexican migrants from Canada into New York. He also pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm.
Border Patrol agents in the Swanton Sector apprehended approximately 700 migrants who crossed the Canadian border into the U.S. in March. The record-shattering migrant apprehensions in March represent a more than 1000 percent increase over the previous year when agents apprehended 61 migrants.
A video tweeted by Swanton Sector Border Patrol officials shows one of several groups of migrants apprehended after trekking across the snow-covered Canadian border into the United States. The 94 migrants from 11 nations add to the exponential surge where officials reported an increase in migrant apprehensions of 850 this fiscal year over last.
A federal judge sentenced a New York man to 60 months in prison after he attempted to smuggle six Indian migrants into New York from Canada last April. During the smuggling attempt, the boat he used to transport the migrants began to sink.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol officials report that migrant apprehensions on this part of the U.S.-Canada Border this year hit “historic highs.” During the first four months of FY23, Swanton Sector agents experienced an 846 percent increase over the same period last year.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents continue to see a spike in border crossings despite temperatures falling to minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit during the past week. Recently, agents apprehended 105 migrants from eight different nations during a week-long stretch.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol officials report an increase in migrant apprehensions of nearly 743 percent in the first quarter of FY23 despite life-threatening weather conditions in the Canadian border region of Vermont and New York.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents experienced an increase in migrant apprehensions of nearly 800 percent during the first two months of the new fiscal year. During the last four months, the agents in this Canadian border sector apprehended more migrants than were apprehended in the entire FY22.
A Mexican national living in New York pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to transport a group of Mexican migrants who had just crossed the border from Canada into Vermont. Border Patrol agents found the man in an area near the border where six Mexican nationals had just been apprehended.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents rescued migrants in New York and Vermont from dangerous weather conditions after they entered the U.S. from Canada. One of the incidents involved a migrant family including small children.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents experienced an increase of nearly 484 percent in the number of migrants apprehended in the first two months of the new fiscal year. In October and November this year, agents apprehended approximately 473 migrants compared to only 81 apprehensions during the same period last year.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents in Vermont arrested two migrants for human smuggling who illegally crossed the border into Texas as children and were subsequently released. The agents arrested the pair as they attempted to smuggle five migrants who crossed the Canadian border into Vermont and allegedly got in their vehicle.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents joined local law enforcement and first responders to rescue a group of Indian nationals crossing the Saint Regis River from Canada into New York. Their overloaded craft began to sink into near-freezing water.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents spotted a group of foreign nationals who illegally crossed the Canadian border into Vermont by simply driving across the lawn of a public library. The migrants came to the U.S. from three different countries.
Border Patrol agents in upstate New York arrested an Italian and two Indian migrants after they illegally crossed the border from Canada. The arrests came as agents disrupted a human smuggling attempt near Fort Covington, New York.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three Indian nationals in New York near the Canadian border. One is charged with human smuggling and had a previous order of removal after an illegal entry in 2012.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of Indian migrants after smugglers illegally moved them across the border into New York from Canada.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 24 migrants and a wanted felon at and around a New Hampshire immigration checkpoint. The arrested migrants came to the U.S. from seven different countries. Seven of the migrants had been previously deported.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents and a K-9 arrested four Mexican nationals who illegally crossed the Canadian border into Vermont.