U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector, Texas, encountered a group of over 700 illegal immigrants, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday.
The group consisted of 320 single males, 190 single females, 74 family units, and 12 unaccompanied children. There were 535 Cubans, 74 Nicaraguans, 49 Colombians, 31 Dominicans, nine Peruvians, and three each from Ecuador and Mexico.
“All subjects were transported to the nearest processing center and processed in accordance with U.S. Customs and Border Protection policies,” CBP said. “This fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, the Del Rio Sector accounts for nearly 90 percent of all large groups encountered by the U.S. Border Patrol nationwide.”
In addition, 4,232 illegal immigrants were classified as “known gotaways,” referring to aliens who have evaded patrol agents but detected by surveillance.
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For the 2022 fiscal year, patrol agents at the southern border encountered 98 illegal immigrants whose names were on the terror watch list, which is a record high. In fiscal 2021, agents only encountered 15 such immigrants. And in fiscal 2020, there were only three such individuals.Data analyzed by The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) showed that there has been a 600 percent jump in “special interest migrants” coming from nations where terrorist organizations are known to be active.
Back in March 2021, Biden had said that he would visit the southern border “at some point.” In October 2021, Biden said that he “should” visit the border.
Recently, the White House dismissed an invitation from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that requested Biden visit the border, an act termed a “political stunt” by the administration.