Immigrant Groups Arriving by the Hundreds at US-Mexico Border; 1400 Migrants Apprehended in Nine Large Groups in Texas’ Busiest Border Sectors

Immigrant groups arriving by the hundreds at US-Mexico border: officials:

Groups of hundreds of immigrants from all over the world are turning up at Texas’ border with Mexico, taxing law enforcement resources that are already stretched thin, according to the Border Patrol.

Images released by the agency show large crowds of immigrants detained on the border in Starr County. In that jurisdiction alone, the Border Patrol said its agents had found six large groups, defined as having at least 100 people, over the weekend.

The six groups totaled 1,029 immigrants.

Among them were 301 children traveling without a parent or guardian, 406 single adults and 322 family units from Cuba, Romania and several Central and South American countries.

Near Eagle Pass, Texas, agents found three large groups in less than 15 hours, the agency said Tuesday. A group of 126 illegal migrants was found just before 4 a.m. Saturday. A second group of 131 immigrants was found later that morning. By 6:15 p.m., agents came across a third large group, this one with 131 immigrants. —>READ MORE HERE

1400 Migrants Apprehended in Nine Large Groups in Texas’ Busiest Border Sectors

Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley Sectors apprehended more than 1,400 migrants in nine large groups after they illegally crossed from Mexico into Texas. The migrants came to the U.S. from multiple nations.

Over the past few days, Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1,000 migrants in six large groups, according to information received from Border Patrol officials. Large groups are defined as more than 100 migrants crossing the border in a single incident.

Large groups continue to place a strain on manpower and resources.

So far this fiscal year, 58 large groups have been encountered, totaling nearly 9,000 migrants.#keepourborderssafehttps://t.co/MajW43Y5kf pic.twitter.com/IrsIhhfRRv

— Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings (@USBPChiefRGV) May 9, 2022

The groups apprehended near La Grulla, Rio Grande City, and Roma, Texas, during the past several days came to the U.S. from Cuba, Romania, and multiple Central and South American nations, officials reported. They included 406 single adults, 322 family units, and 301 unaccompanied alien children. —>READ MORE HERE

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