Texas Border Business
HIDALGO, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents encountered 264 migrants in two large groups.
Saturday evening, Weslaco Border Patrol Station (WSL) agents encountered 125 migrants that illegally entered the United States through Hidalgo, Texas. The group consisted of 78 family members, 24 unaccompanied children, and 23 single adults. The migrants are from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
Yesterday evening, WSL agents witnessed a similar incident as a large group of migrants once again illegally entered the United States through Hidalgo, Texas. Agents encountered 197 migrants and identified 139 as family members, 36 as unaccompanied children, and 22 as single adults. This large group consisted of migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Colombia, and Nicaragua. This fiscal year, RGV agents have encountered large groups of over 100 migrants on more than 60 separate occasions.
Border Patrol processed the subjects accordingly.
Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation. The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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