Border Patrol apprehends 'largest group' of illegal immigrants near US border yet

Article author: 
Frank Miles
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
30 April 2019
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday morning apprehended its largest group of illegal immigrants caught at once, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported.

CBP said 424 illegal aliens were apprehended just after midnight in Sunland Park, New Mexico; an additional 230 illegal aliens were apprehended in Antelope Wells, N.M., around 2 a.m.

“This is an ongoing situation that U.S Border Patrol agents are facing in southern New Mexico: hundreds of parents and children being encountered by agents after having faced a dangerous journey in the hands of unscrupulous smugglers,” CBP said in a statement ... 

This is the group of 230 undocumented immigrants apprehended today in Antelope Wells. (US Border Patrol)

 

This is the group of 230 undocumented immigrants apprehended today in Antelope Wells. (US Border Patrol)