U.S. border officials processed migrants 183,503 times in July, as illegal crossings jumped by 33% after dropping to a two-year low in June.
U.S. officials along the border with Mexico processed migrants 183,503 times in July, as illegal crossings jumped by 33% after dropping to a two-year low in June despite record high heat levels, according to government statistics published Friday.
The sharpest increase in unlawful crossings occurred in Border Patrol's Tucson sector, a sprawling and remote region that covers most of Arizona's border with Mexico and parts of the Sonoran Desert, where temperatures have reached 110 degrees every day this summer. Border Patrol recorded over 40,000 apprehensions there in July, a record for the sector.
Immigrants walk along the border wall to turn themselves over to Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday, May 11, 2023 in San Luis Río Colorado in Mexico.In a briefing with reporters on Friday, a Customs and Border Protection official said the increase in crossings along Arizona's border with Mexico is being driven by smugglers.
The official, who only spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the administration is trying to reduce unlawful crossings by carrying out"higher" numbers of deportations of migrant adults and families. The official declined to provide specific deportation numbers.
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