'No background check': Reports say smugglers use social media to lure Turkish migrants to easy entry into US
Turkish migrant encounters have surged from 1,400 in 2021 to 15,542 in 2023, according to US Customs and Border Protection data
Greg Wehner By Greg Wehner Fox News
Published June 2, 2024 4:55pm EDT
Turkish migrant says Americans should be worried by how easy it is to cross southern border
Fox News' Bill Melugin reports the latest on the migrant surge at the California border.
Turkish migrants are entering the U.S. through the southern border at record numbers, with smugglers turning to social media to boast how easy it is to enter the country through California, according to reports.
Data on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website shows that in 2021, the number of Turkish migrant encounters along the southern border was just over 1,400. The following years, that number jumped to 15,445, and in 2023, there were 15,542 Turkish migrant encounters.
So far this year, there have been 7,486 encounters by border agents with migrants from Turkey, who entered the U.S.
In 2023, 9,154, or 41% of the 15,542 Turkish migrants who entered the U.S. came through the San Diego sector, which this year became the busiest sector in the country for migrants to enter the U.S. illegally.
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