Exclusive: Biden’s Migrant Detention Facilities Exceed Capacity as Border Crossings Increase — Again
Migrants packed into an overcrowded soft-sided detention facility. (File Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)File Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
RANDY CLARK5 Aug 2023189
The Border Patrol is again facing overcrowding issues in several migrant detention facilities along the southwest border, according to a source within Customs and Border Protection. The source says the return of increasing numbers of large migrant group crossings is spurred by migrants’ frustration with the functionality of the CBP-One application. Daily migrant detention numbers exceeded 17,000 in recent weeks according to the source.
The source, not authorized to speak to the media, says daily migrant apprehension numbers peaked at nearly 6,000 per day during the week. At one Border Patrol facility near Eagle Pass, Texas, once the epicenter of the current border crisis, more than 2,000 migrants are being held. The temporary detention facility at this location is designed to hold 1,000 migrants, the source indicated.
On Friday, Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez reported more than 1,000 migrants were apprehended near La Grulla, Texas, in a single 24-hour period. During the first three days of August, RGV agents apprehended nearly 4,400 migrants, according to a law enforcement source.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/08/05/exclusive-bidens-migrant-detention-facilities-exceed-capacity-as-border-crossings-increase-again/
