Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 7,000 migrants during the past four days.
A migrant surge in September led to the apprehension of more than 45,000 migrants in this single Texas border sector.
Human smuggling cartels pushed five large migrant groups across the border over the weekend. One of these groups accounted for nearly a quarter of the migrants apprehended. The difference in media focus could be the availability of dramatic photo ops in Eagle Pass where most of the migrants are crossing in a very small area. The highly visible crossings and the detention of migrants in the open air under the international bridge attracted a broad swath of media outlets.
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