Migrants Apprehended in Texas-Based Border Sectors in 2 Years Exceeds Houston Population

Since President Joe Biden took workplace in January 2021, brokers in the 5 Texas-based border sectors apprehended greater than 3,576,000 migrants who crossed between ports of entry. This exceeds the combined population of the counties of Bexar (San Antonio) and Travis (Austin) by greater than 250,000 individuals.

Of the 1.2 million migrants apprehended final 12 months in the Texas-based border sectors, greater than half (652,000) got here from Mexico and the Northern Triangle international locations of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Another 195,811 got here from Venezuela, based on the report. Chinese migrants accounted for almost 8,000 of the whole.

The surge of migrants into the Lone Star State continues in FY24. Just final week, Breitbart Texas’ Randy Clark reported the apprehension of greater than 1,800 migrants in the Del Rio Sector in lower than 24 hours.

Even extra regarding is the variety of what Border Patrol calls “Special Interest Aliens.” These are migrants from nations with recognized ties to terrorism. During the second week of October, Del Rio Sector brokers apprehended six Iranian nationals, three Lebanese nationals, one Egyptian nationwide, and one Saudi Arabian nationwide who made landfall in the Eagle Pass space of operations.

Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border staff’s affiliate editor and senior information contributor. He is an unique member of the Breitbart Texas staff. Price is a daily panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning discuss present. Follow him on Twitter (*2*).