Agents face tens of thousands of illegal border crossings every month, and the end of Title 42 authorities to deport migrants is just weeks away. On Saturday morning, a large gang of hundreds of illegal immigrants struck just one section of the southern border.
Several hundred migrants crossed the border and turned themselves into Border Patrol authorities in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Saturday morning.
Since the start of October, when Fiscal Year 2022 began, there have been over 72,000 unlawful crossings in the Del Rio Sector, where Eagle Pass is located, according to a source with Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Over 1,400 unlawful crossings have taken place in the past 24 hours alone.
Since the beginning of 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in illegal crossings along the southern border. In FY 2021, there were over 1.7 million encounters with migrants; in FY 2022, that figure increased to over 2.3 million.
