Five Syrian men encountered at southern border amid migrant surge
There were more than 178,840 migrant apprehensions in December
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Five Syrian men were arrested by Border Patrol agents as they crossed into Hidalgo, Texas, on Thursday, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) source told Fox News.
The men were picked up by Rio Grande Valley sector agents and mark one of a number of nationalities picked by Border Patrol, many of them from countries far away from the land borders of the United States.
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There were more than 178,840 migrant apprehensions in December, after a year that saw monthly apprehensions at over 212,000 at one point during the surge. Border Patrol agents have been overwhelmed by the numbers, while it has caused a political headache for the Biden administration -- which has been accused of fueling the crisis by ending key Trump-era border policies.
The number of migrants coming north, as well as high estimates of the numbers who have slipped past border agents, has raised concerns that terrorists and other criminals will try to get into the U.S.
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