BORDER SECURITY Published April 2, 2022 5:33pm EDT
Arizona border sector sees 579% spike in migrant encounters over last fiscal year as crisis worsens
Del Rio Sector saw a 179% increase in encounters
By Adam Shaw , Bill Melugin | Fox News
FIRST ON FOX: Border Patrol agents are seeing significant increases in migrant traffic all along the southern border, with one Arizona sector seeing a massive 579% increase over the last fiscal year.
Border Patrol in Yuma Sector has seen 154,116 migrant encounters so far this fiscal year, which started in October. That’s a 579% increase over the same period last year, according to information provided by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) source.
Meanwhile, in the Del Rio Sector the site of the Haitian migrant crisis in September, agents there have experienced a 179% increase in encounters -- 198,482 migrants so far this fiscal year.
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