San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents are reporting an increase in migrant apprehensions over the past couple of weeks. The near 25 percent increase from two weeks ago comes as the 2024 presidential election nears.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol officials report an increase in migrant apprehensions for the second consecutive week. During the past four weeks, agents encountered nearly 13,000 migrants. San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel posted a weekly recap on
The San Diego Border Patrol Sector regained the title of busiest sector along the southwest U.S. border with Mexico in June. Agents apprehended nearly 26,000 migrants who illegally crossed the southern California border with Mexico between ports of entry in June.
After a short reprieve from the earlier migrant surge, the Tucson Sector has reclaimed the number-one spot for migrant encounters along the southwest border with Mexico. Apprehensions of migrants illegally crossing the border between ports of entry surged this week to approximately 7,400. San Diego Sector apprehensions fell to just over 6,000.
A San Diego Sector Border Patrol agent rescued an injured female migrant nearly 1,000 feet up a steep mountainside in the Otay Mountains in southern California. The woman became injured and was unable to make the steep climb to safety.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents came under fire on August 18 as they attempted to arrest a group of migrants who crossed the border from Mexico. No one was injured in the incident.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrant children abandoned in the desert mountains near the California border with Mexico.
Miami Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously convicted narcotics trafficker near West Palm Beach, Florida, late last week. The migrant reportedly has ties to Mexican cartels and is illegally present in the U.S.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 190 pounds of fentanyl at an interior immigration checkpoint.
