Border Patrol agents in the Swanton Sector apprehended more than 3,000 migrants in May, setting a new record for the Canadian border region. The arrests bring the total for the year to more than 10,000, also a new record for the region.
An unofficial Border Patrol report reviewed by Breitbart Texas found that Swanton Sector agents apprehended nearly 3,000 migrants in May, the highest monthly migrant encounter count in the history of the sector, which guards eastern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and the Canadian border, and more than the annual total for any fiscal year prior to the Biden administration.
In less than nine months, Swanton Sector Border Patrol has apprehended more than 10,000 suspects from 83 countries, more than the record set for 2023. Unauthorized crossings continue to rise at unprecedented rates throughout eastern New York and Vermont. translator @CBP translation: pic.twitter.com/bl4RNwJAQH
— Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia (@USBPChiefSWB) June 10, 2024
Swanton District Patrol Chief Robert Garcia posted on social media that his agents have arrested more than 10,000 immigrants so far this fiscal year (which begins Oct. 1, 2023), surpassing last year’s record-breaking total of 6,925 immigrant arrests.
Immigration arrests in Swanton have skyrocketed under the Biden administration, with Garcia reporting that April arrests exceeded those in fiscal years ’21 and ’22 combined.
Another record-breaking milestone in the history of the Northern Border! The Swanton area continues to see unprecedented numbers of illegal immigrants, with well over 1,400 apprehensions in April, surpassing the total number of apprehensions in FY21 and FY22 combined. pic.twitter.com/cBF9P8R4Q9
— Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia (@USBPChiefSWB) May 14, 2024
Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, Swanton-area agents have arrested more than 18,000 immigrants, more than all previous years combined dating back to fiscal year 2004.
Randy Clark Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as Chief of the Law Enforcement Operations Division, where he led operations for nine Border Patrol stations in the Del Rio Sector, Texas. Follow him on Twitter: @RandyClarkBBTX.
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