Southern Border Patrol Agents Apprehend 233 Migrants Within 3 Days On US Side

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 8, 2021

Despite the Texas summer heat, migrants, including unaccompanied children continue to cross into the United States illegally.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents encountered 233 migrants in two large groups this week.

On July 4, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents encountered 90 migrants after they illegally entered the United States through Hidalgo. Within minutes, 28 more subjects entered behind them. The group of 118 migrants consisted of 75 family members, 15 unaccompanied children, and 28 single adults. The migrants are from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua.

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