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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: libertybele on August 13, 2021, 08:53:13 pm

Title: CBP Encountered 703 Russians Illegally in U.S. in July
Post by: libertybele on August 13, 2021, 08:53:13 pm
CBP Encountered 703 Russians Illegally in U.S. in July

The number of “encounters” with illegal aliens at the southwest border originating from countries other than Mexico and the “northern triangle” climbed to 59,006 in July – a 24.9 percent increase from the previous month and 328.6 percent increase from the (pre-COVID) July two years ago.

Figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Thursday also showed significant jumps between June and July in the number of “encounters” of migrants hailing from Russia (from 402 to 703) and Colombia (from 481 to 748), while the number from Ukraine more than doubled (from 48 to 101).

Numbers from China and Turkey both decreased slightly in July, although the overall trajectory for both this year has been an upward one...............

https://cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/cbp-encountered-703-russians-illegally-us-july