Many agree that the record-breaking numbers at the border represent a real challenge for immigration enforcement agencies. From our partners at inewsource ⤵️
“Probably the number one challenge is the incredible volume of people that we are seeing every single day and it isn't new, but the volume is significantly higher,” Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke said.
The San Diego Sector ranks fifth among the nine sectors along the southwest border with more 160,000 unauthorized encounters. The international border in California has long been a significant migration route for Mexican single adults crossing into the U.S., according to Ariel Ruiz Soto, a policy analyst with theMigrants from countries outside Mexico and Central America are more likely to cross through states such as Texas, which is why those areas are seeing more encounters, Ruiz Soto said.
Heitke, the Border Patrol chief in San Diego, said his team receives hundreds of migrants from other parts of the border to process in addition to the ones they apprehend in their own sector.
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