During the Christmas holiday, apprehensions by Border Patrol agents traditionally fall as illegal alien crossings choose to stay with family during the holy week. That trend held this past week, however the number of migrant crossings were still unmanageable.
Despite the slight dip over the holiday, December remains a record breaking month for illegal entries in the Tucson Sector.
According to John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, Border Patrol agents apprehended another 16,800 illegal aliens this week.
Week in Review
– 16,800 Apprehensions
– 104 Federal Criminal Cases
– 22 Rescues
– 3 Significant Arrests
– 3 Narcotics Events
– 2 Human Smuggling EventsA Tucson resident with prior convictions was sentenced to 60 months in prison for human smuggling: //bit.ly/41By2Pz pic.twitter.com/peIeVWVZlx
— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) December 29, 2023
Along with the apprehensions, agents conducted 22 rescues.
The week prior, agents made 19,400 apprehensions and 15 rescues.
Bill Melugin of FOX News reported on X.com that, “there have now been over 276,00 migrant encounters at the southern border in December, the highest single month ever recorded, breaking the prior record set in September at 269,735, and there are still 3 days of December left. Record is being shattered. This new record number includes over 230,000 Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants in December, also the highest single month of apprehensions ever recorded for Border Patrol.”