Border Report Live: Illegal immigration drives up border violence
by: Fernie Ortiz
Posted: Oct 17, 2024 / 06:45 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 18, 2024 / 11:08 AM CDT
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The head of the Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector recently described the crime of assaulting a federal agent as “an affront to our principles of justice and the safety of our nation.”
In an Aug. 9 news release, border officials here said they were seeing a “significant rise in attacks” from an influx of smugglers and migrants crossing the border illegally.
The latest data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that along the southern border, 324 Border Patrol agents were assaulted through August of Fiscal Year 2024, which ended on Sept. 30.
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