Illegal Border Crossings Spike in El Paso; Mayor Says White House Asked Him Not to Declare DisasterBorder Patrol agents in the El Paso area have apprehended more than 38,500 illegal immigrants in the 21 days since Oct. 1—averaging almost 13,000 per week, according to provisional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by The Epoch Times.
In January, agents in El Paso arrested an average of 4,500 per week.
As with the whole southern border, illegal crossings in El Paso have trended up all year, and the region has become the new hotspot after the Del Rio, Texas, area for most apprehensions per month.
“If you think the lawlessness at the border and the millions illegally crashing it has been bad during Biden’s term so far, wait until the numbers keep rolling in for this FY. Already shattering records again,” the National Border Patrol Council wrote on its Twitter page on Oct. 24. The new federal fiscal year began on Oct. 1....
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