More than 6,100 people from 76 different countries have been caught illegally crossing into the United States along its northeastern border in the past 11 months alone, more than have been apprehended there in the past 10 years combined, US border officials announced.
“Swanton Sector officers are resolute and determined to hold the line,” Chief Patrol Officer Robert Garcia said Tuesday in a series of social media posts.
The Garcia Sector stretches for nearly 300 miles along the US-Canada border in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
The ad included trail photos showing groups of migrants sneaking through the forest with luggage under cover of darkness.
Chief Garcia had already issued warnings about alarming increases in illegal border crossings this year.
In February, he issued a memo requesting that a “rapid turnaround” of agents be sent to his sector from the already flooded southern border, citing a nearly 850% increase in illegal crossings over the previous year since October.
Migrants sneaking through the forests on the US-Canada border under the cover of NightTwitter/@USBPChiefSWB
A recent photo of migrants running through the woods along the US-Canada borderTwitter/@USBPChiefSWB
He warned of the “tension caused by the increase” of “mainly Mexican migrants without legal documents,” according to the memo, obtained by foxnews.
“Chief Garcia is a phenomenal agent… If he’s asking for help, we know we have a problem up there,” former Arizona Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem said after the memo was leaked.
It is unclear how many people have been apprehended illegally crossing other sectors of the US-Canada border this year. U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not respond to The Post’s requests for updated data at the time of publication.
The alarming numbers from Garcia’s relatively small area of the more than 5,500-mile U.S. border show that the problem extends far beyond the southern border – where 91,000 people were detained in August – and has contributed to the dire situation. in cities across the United States.
More migrants have been caught crossing into the US along its northeast border this year than in the last 10 yearsTwitter/@USBPChiefSWB
Migrants caught on trail cameras sneaking across the northeastern border between the United States and Canada this year Twitter/@USBPChiefSWB
Just hours before Chief Garcia released the northeast border numbers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned that thousands of migrants bused in from the borders would “destroy” the city and accused the House Blanca of not providing “any support” to the border. crisis.
“I’m going to tell you something, New Yorkers, I have never had a problem in my life that I haven’t seen an end to. I don’t see an end to this,” Adams said at a town hall on the Upper West Side Wednesday night.
About 110,000 immigrants have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022.
Adams has said he expects the cost of housing for immigrants to cost the city more than $12 billion over three years.
Earlier this year, New York tried to offer immigrants free bus tickets to Canada, but many were turned away at the Canadian border or robbed across the border because they were dissatisfied with the opportunities there.
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