Arizona Border Patrol inundated with migration group of 1,200 and more than 60,000 in a single month

Migrants Tucson Border

Important Takeaways:

  • According to a source within CBP, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a single group of migrants that crossed the U.S./Mexico border into San Miguel, Arizona. An initial headcount at the crossing scene on Saturday showed the group consisted of 1,200 migrants from across the globe. Saturday’s group is one of two large groups of more than 1,000 migrants to cross the border near San Miguel since November 1
  • “There’s just no more room at the inn to hold them and no mechanism in place to remove them to their home country fast enough — we’re overwhelmed,” the source emphasized. In all, more than 2,000 migrants were apprehended within the Tucson Sector by Saturday’s end.
  • Since October 1, more than 60,000 migrants have poured into the United States in the Tucson Sector
  • The total value of the contract for the facility built in 2021 was more than $100 million. Due to capacity issues and a migrant surge that has only worsened, the source says the monthly operational costs have nearly doubled since the expansion project.

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