ARIZONA BORDER CRISIS: 26K Migrants Apprehended in Two Weeks

One week earlier, Modlin posted a report showing the apprehension of 13,800 migrants. In those, agents made 189 arrests for federal criminal violations and disrupted 27 human smuggling incidents.

Week in Review…

– 13,800 Apprehensions
– 189 Federal Criminal Cases
– 36 lbs. of Marijuana
– 27 Human Smuggling Events
– 16 Narcotics Events
– 11 Rescues
– 3 Significant Arrests
– 1.5 lbs. of Fentanyl
– 1 Recovered Stolen Vehicle
– 1 Firearm Seized#HonorFirst pic.twitter.com/8KtEY1LufQ

— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) February 2, 2024

Unlike the Del Rio Sector, where most migrants cross the border to surrender to the first law enforcement official they can find, in the Tucson Sector, migrants often don camouflage and attempt to avoid apprehension.

Tucson Sector agents with #HorsePatrol assets successfully tracked and apprehended a group of illegal migrants near Douglas, Arizona. Migrants often resort to camouflage tactics to evade detection and capture when entering the U.S. illegally. pic.twitter.com/DiE94MRe6l

— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) February 7, 2024

The Tucson Sector continues to be the busiest of the Border Patrol station with the apprehension of approximately 80,000 migrants in December (2,580 per day), Breitbart Texas reported. The prior record for migrant apprehensions in the Tucson Sector was set in March 2000 when agents encountered 76,245 migrants, according to U.S. Border Patrol Encounter Reports. The December report of approximately 80,000 migrants beats that record by nearly five percent.

A chart embedded in the report shows the numbers for the last week in January jumped back to the levels seen in December when Tucson Sector agents broke a record going back to the Clinton administration. (U.S. Border Patrol/Tucson Sector)

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According to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas, January apprehensions in the Tucson Sector fell to approximately 51,000 migrants (1,645 per day). As the chart above reveals, the decline was short-lived.

The total number of migrant apprehensions for the last two weeks for this single border sector stands at 25,881 (1,849 per day), Modlin’s unofficial reports confirm.

Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border team’s associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday morning talk show. He also serves as president of Blue Wonder Gun Care Products.