Arizona’s border crisis continues in the Tucson area, where authorities have arrested nearly 26,000 migrants in the past two weeks. After a slight decline in January, the number of immigrant arrests quickly returned to near-record levels.
Tucson District Patrol Chief Agent John Modlin posted a weekly roundup on X, revealing that agents had arrested more than 12,000 immigrants. Of those encounters, he was charged with federal criminal offenses in 144 of them.
Review of this week…
-12,081 arrests from 48 countries.
-144 federal criminal cases
-22 Rescue
-23 Human smuggling case
– 7 drug events
– Three firearms seized pic.twitter.com/GGV3TGnBNe— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) February 9, 2024
The summary included a graph revealing nearly 89,000 migrants have been detained in the past seven weeks.
US Border Patrol/Tucson District
A week ago, Modlin posted a report showing 13,800 immigrant arrests. Of these, agents made 189 arrests for federal criminal violations and thwarted 27 human smuggling cases.
Review of this week…
– 13,800 concerns
– 189 federal criminal cases
– 36 lbs.Marijuana
– 27 people smuggling case
– 16 drug events
– 11 rescues
– 3 major arrests
– 1.5 pounds of fentanyl
– 1 stolen vehicle recovered
– One firearm seized.#honor first pic.twitter.com/8KtEY1LufQ— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) February 2, 2024
Unlike the Del Rio area, where most migrants cross the border to surrender to the first law enforcement officer they see, in the Tucson area, migrants often wear camouflage clothing to try to avoid arrest.
tucson sector agent #HorsePatrol Successfully tracked down and arrested a group of illegal immigrants near Douglas, Arizona. Immigrants often resort to disguise tactics to avoid detection and capture when entering the United States illegally. pic.twitter.com/DiE94MRe6l
— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) February 7, 2024
The Tucson area remains the Border Patrol’s busiest, with about 80,000 migrants apprehended in December (2,580 per day), Breitbart Texas reported. The previous record for immigrant arrests in the Tucson area was set in March 2000, when agents encountered 76,245 immigrants, according to U.S. Border Patrol Encounter Reports. Approximately 80,000 migrants were reported to have arrived in December, exceeding that record by nearly 5 percent.
Numbers in the final week of January jumped back to levels seen in December, when Tucson Sector agents set records dating back to the Clinton administration, according to a graph embedded in the report. (U.S. Border Patrol/Tucson District)
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The number of migrants in the Tucson area fell to about 51,000 in January, or 1,645 per day, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. As you can see from the graph above, the decline was short-lived.
According to Modlin’s unofficial report, the total number of migrants arrested in this single border area in the past two weeks has reached 25,881 (1,849 per day).
bob price He is an associate editor and senior news contributor on the Breitbart Texas Border Team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team.Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston What is your point? sunday morning talk show.He is also the president of blue wonder cancer care products.
