Border Patrol working in the north of the US have reported a 743 percent rise in migrant encounters compared to the same period a year ago
- Robert Garcia, the chief patrol agent for the Swanton Sector, warned traffickers are exploiting desperate asylum seekers with potentially lethal consequences, amid freezing temperatures and dangerous passages.
- The number of migrants encountered in the sector during the 2023 fiscal year has already surpassed the 12 months of 2022's fiscal year
- Another factor driving the increase is Canada placing increasing barriers on migrants, said Frantz André, an immigration consultant who runs an organization that helps asylum seekers.
Biden’s Migration Headache Explodes
- 242 million people across Latin America and the Caribbean want to leave, many eyeing the US
- Share of would-be migrants jumped from 18 to 37 percent this past decade
- Latin America now on par with sub-Saharan Africa for numbers seeking an exit
- Survey comes after 251,487 encounters at southern border in December
- Many are fleeing corrupt and inept leftist governments in such nations as Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua
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