Border Patrol agents are now ‘encountering’ more than 1,000 illegal aliens every day in El Paso Sector amid a historic crisis at the U.S. southern border, according to reports.
Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress that the Department of Homeland Security will maintain the security of the Southern Border on the same day that Border Patrol announced the apprehension of hundreds of migrants seeking to illegally enter the country.
Twenty-six U.S. governors, all Republican, announced the creation of a Border Strike Force to “disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations” on April 19.
ma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 100 migrants who illegally crossed the border earlier this week. The migrants came to the U.S. from ten different countries.
Texas' Department of Public Safety (DPS) has moved a number of boats to the Rio Grande River, forming a blockade with the intention of stopping migrants from making their way to the U.S. by crossing the body of water.