
Border Patrol in Yuma nab over 100 convicted felons, migrants from 46 countries in a week
Fox News
Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona, encountered 104 convicted felons in a single week, as well as migrants from 46 different countries, as the border crisis rages.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, with a focus on immigration. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter: @AdamShawNY
He said that 104 migrants apprehended were convicted felons, while 57 migrants were prosecuted for illegal entry, re-entry and smuggling. Agents also stopped nine smuggling cases and encountered more than 120 unaccompanied minors.
There have been more than 200,000 migrant apprehensions each month for the last four months, a historic high. In June, there were 207,000 migrant encounters at the border, compared to just over 189,000 in June last year. Of those encounters, 79,652 migrants were released into the U.S.