Border Patrol agents along the nine southwest border sectors apprehended just over 128,000 migrants in February, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas.
Overall, the apprehensions along the nine southwest border sectors fell slightly from 128,210 in January to just over 128,000 in February, the reports reveal.
Other sectors away from the southwest border are experiencing significant increases in migrant apprehensions. While the numbers are small in comparison to the southwest border, the percentages of increases indicate a trend where human smugglers are developing new tactics to move migrants into the United States., which covers the Canadian border in parts of northern New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, agents apprehended just over 400 migrants.
The Blaine Sector, which covers the Canadian border in Washington State, reports a year-over-year increase of about 320 percent and apprehensions jumped from 97 last year to about 400 this year.where agents apprehended more than 5,000 migrants so far this fiscal year. Apprehensions in this sector are up by about 420 percent compared to the same period one year ago. These numbers do not include the thousands of migrants apprehended at sea by U.S.
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