Steady Stream of Large Migrant Groups Cross Border into Texas

Border Patrol agents in the nation’s busiest sector for human smuggling continue to report consistent, large migrant group crossings.

Agents assigned to the McAllen Border Patrol station continue to report multiple apprehensions of migrants in large groups in one Texas border county, according to information obtained from Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol officials. The groups consist mainly of migrant family units and unaccompanied alien children.

McAllen Station agents working the border near Mission, Texas, on Monday encountered a large group of migrants crossing the border from Mexico. The agents observed dozens of migrants crossing the Rio Grande, officials stated.