Border encounters (previously known as apprehensions) continue to spike, according to preliminary data released in court documents by David Shahoulian, Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). …
Rio Grande Valley Sector
Nearly 190,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border in June, a record high which brings the total for the fiscal year to 1,119,204. With new variants of the COVID-19 virus becoming a large concern across the country, hundreds of thousands o…