In the spring, the United States reported the number of illegal crossings at its southern border after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials told Fox News early Monday that the number of encounters with migrants had exceeded 21,000 in three days. We may be on the brink of a sharp increase in the number of people affected.
Sunday’s encounter of more than 7,000 migrants followed similar numbers on Friday and Saturday, sources said.
Sources said the Tucson, Arizona, area was at the forefront of the clashes between Friday and Sunday, with more than 5,400 people, while the San Diego, California, area was the second-highest with more than 3,600.
The increases in Arizona and California appear to indicate that illegal crossing traffic is moving away from Texas. In Texas, the Rio Grande Valley area near Brownsville and the Del Rio area near Eagle Pass had the lowest encounter rates since Friday, averaging 300 to 350 people per day. .
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CBP sources said they encountered more than 7,000 migrants a day crossing the U.S. southern border from Friday to Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
The number of more than 7,000 encounters per day is far lower than the record high in December, when officials said there were 10,000 to 11,000 encounters per day.
But the numbers follow a trend since Biden took office, with illegal border crossings declining from January to February, rising again in March, and then spiking in the spring.
Meanwhile, the apparent westward shift comes as Gov. Greg Abbott is feuding with Biden on the issue, saying Texas will enforce immigration laws within state borders in the absence of federal enforcement. There is.
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Mr. Abbott’s immigration enforcement efforts included installing floating barriers on the Rio Grande and razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Last month, the Texas National Guard took control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, preventing Border Patrol from entering the area. This is part of Abbott’s efforts to stem the surge in illegal immigration to Texas.
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The border is at the center of the 2024 presidential election, with both President Biden and Republican nominee Trump visiting the Texas border on Thursday.
Fox News’ Bradford Betz and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
