The Briefing Room
General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on March 20, 2019, 02:46:16 pm
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El Paso Border Patrol Agents detain more than 400 migrants in five minutes
Updated: Mar 19, 2019 02:36 PM MDT
EL PASO, Texas - Border Patrol agents in El Paso apprehended two large groups of undocumented immigrants consisting of more than 400 people during a five minute span, federal officials said Tuesday.
The two groups primarily consisted of Central American families and unaccompanied juveniles.
At about 2:45 a.m. on March 19, 2019, agents encountered the first group consisting of 194 migrants. The group was encountered by agents at the border wall just west of Bowie High School.
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/el-...tes/1060792069 (https://www.kvia.com/news/border/el-...tes/1060792069)