7K Migrants in Custody in South Texas Border Sector, Say Feds
BOB PRICE8 May 2019
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector are now holding more than 7,000 mostly Central American migrant families in custody.
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents from Brownsville to Roma apprehended more than 2,400 migrants on Saturday, according to information provided by Border Patrol officials. The majority of these apprehensions include family units and unaccompanied minors from Central America.
“These individuals are just gaming the system,†Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Matthew Albence told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday. “They know they will get released, they will never show up (for their immigration hearing), and that we simply just don’t have the resources to go out and get that many of them in any sort of concerted fashion.â€
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/08/7k-migrants-in-custody-in-south-texas-border-sector-say-feds/