EXCLUSIVE: April Migrant Apprehensions in South Texas Border Sector Double Prior Month

Article author: 
Bob Price and Randy Clark
Article publisher: 
Breitbart
Article date: 
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Article category: 
National Issues
Medium
Article Body: 

A source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection not authorized to speak to the media on these matters told Breitbart Texas that agents apprehended more than 37,000 migrants in April. The monthly total represents an increase of more than 100 percent from the nearly 18,000 migrants apprehended in March. It also exceeds the total apprehensions for February and March combined — just under 33,000.

The tremendous spike in migrant apprehensions in April come just ahead of the expected demise of the CDC’s Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol that allows Border Patrol agents to expel migrants for health concerns. That program will reportedly end on May 11. . . .