Illegal immigration is surging in New Mexico
By Lauren Villagran / Journal Staff Writer
Thursday, October 13th, 2016 at 12:02am
CIUDAD JUÃREZ – Alex left behind sugar cane fields in Guatemala, traveled for two months by foot, bus and freight train to Ciudad Juárez with nothing but a plastic bag of clothes and a destination in mind: Santa Fe, where he hopes an aunt and a job await him.
He is one of a new wave of illegal immigrants either crossing or planning to cross at the New Mexico border. This year, alone, apprehensions by Border Patrol in New Mexico have surged to 18,500 people in the 11 months through August, compared with 11,216 in all of fiscal 2015.
Many of the migrants are from Central America like Alex, a 30-year-old farmworker.
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