2022 is a record year along the U.S. - Mexico border. More than 2.2 million migrants have tried to cross illegally. Not only that, but they’re coming from all over the world.
Border Patrol agents typically needed to speak English and Spanish to process migrants along the southern border. Now, they speak Google Translate.
Chief Chris Clem in Yuma says this year, his agents have encountered migrants from 115 different countries. And the percent of migrants from outside Central America has sky rocketed. Jumping from 6% in 2019 to 88% this year.Chief Clem says they fly to Mexico City, and then to Mexicali, which is only an hour drive from the Yuma border. He says smugglers coordinate the whole trip over the phone.
It’s difficult for border officials to deal with migrants of these nationalities, since they cant afford to send them back to their home countries. Typically, border agents process migrants and send them to I.C.E. to determine next steps. But lately I.C.E. doesn't have space for them, forcing Chief Clem to find other avenues.
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