Border Patrol agents in Yuma Sector, Arizona apprehended more than 100 illegal immigrants with criminal records amid a massive migrant wave hitting the border.
According to data put out by Chief Patrol Agent Chris Clem, border agents have encountered more than 5,600 migrants between July 17 and July 23 from 46 different counties.
He added that 104 migrants apprehended were convicted felons, while 57 migrants were prosecuted for illegal entry, re-entry, and smuggling.
Since May, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have apprehended more than 200,000 migrants, and of those apprehensions, 79,652 migrants were released into the country. The CBP had previously stopped publicly posting updates after President Joe Biden took office, which frustrated lawmakers.
The U.S. has been seeing massive migrant numbers after the Biden administration announced that it would be lifting “Title 42,” a controversial border policy implemented by former President Donald Trump back in March 2020 that allowed the border agency to turn migrants away.
In response, several county judges have asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to dedicate more resources toward addressing illegal immigrant activity at the U.S.-Mexico border amid what they said was lackluster support from the federal government.
“We want America to know that this is real,” Kinney County Judge Tully Shahan told reporters in Bracketville. “The Biden administration won’t do a thing about it. They could stop this thing this hour. They could stop it now. They don’t have the guts.”
Some officials have also said that the swarm of illegal immigrants has already resulted in property damage, stolen vehicles, gun violence, and other issues resulting from migrants crossing into their counties, many of which are desolate and have sparse populations.
“In my community, we have less than 1,000 residents. The thousand residents everyday live in fear of the invasion,” said Dale Lynn Carruthers, the county judge for Terrell County. “We are doing the best we can with limited manpower. Terrell County has the least to offer… but we have a lot of border coverage.”
Thankfully, our brave men and women patrolling our borders have done a tremendous job preventing these felons from reaching our communities, despite the directives tying their hands.
