Eagle Pass Border Patrol Agents Encounter Six Large Groups of Migrants in Less Than Two Days
Release Date: May 18, 2022
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass Station apprehended six large groups of migrants within a 36-hour period, May 16-17, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.
The U.S. Border Patrol categorizes groups of 100 or more undocumented migrants as “large groups.” During the current fiscal year, Del Rio Sector has encountered 112 such groups, which accounts for approximately half the large groups encountered by Border Patrol nationwide.
Around noon, May 16, agents encountered 158 migrants just after making illegal entry into the United States near Normandy, Texas. Six hours later, agents apprehended a group of 220 in the same area.
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