Yuma Border Sector Sees 800 Percent Jump in Migrant Encounters
Randy Clark22 Jun 20212
On Monday, Border Patrol agents arrested a group of 86 migrants crossing the desert near Yuma, Arizona. Normally, Yuma is known for a relatively calm border.
Since Friday, the sector has seen four large groups totaling 300 migrants. The groups risk their lives at the hands of human smugglers who ignore the sizzling summers. On Friday, the temperature reached 117 degrees. Since January, agents have apprehended 97 groups of migrants numbering 50 or more.
In Fiscal Year 2020, the Yuma Sector was ranked near the bottom for migrant apprehension volume. It was second-to-last before the Big Bend Sector in Texas. In 2020, agents in Yuma arrested 5,647 migrants. This year, the number climbed nearly 800 percent to 47,358, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/06/22/yuma-border-sector-sees-800-percent-jump-in-migrant-encounters/
