7,000 illegal aliens arrested in one week in Rio Grande Valley

Nearly 7,000 undocumented immigrants arrested in one week in Rio Grande Valley

by SBG San Antonio
Thursday, February 28th 2019

https://news4sanantonio.com/resource...?1551390987615
(Photo: MGN)

https://news4sanantonio.com/resource...l/facebook.svghttps://news4sanantonio.com/resource...al/twitter.svghttps://news4sanantonio.com/resource...cial/email.svg

EDINBURG, Texas — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrests an average of 1,000 undocumented immigrants per day.The Rio Grande Valley Sector leads the nation in undocumented immigrants arrests and accounts for about 50 percent of all arrests along the Southwest border.

Agents arrested more than 1,300 subjects Wednesday which marked the second time in two weeks this number has been reached. Officials said the majority of the arrests are families and unaccompanied children from Central and South America.

Authorities said the Rio Grande Valley Sector is on pace to reach 240,000 arrests for this fiscal year.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/loc...-grande-valley

21,000 families released in El Paso since 12/21/18