
Border Patrol sees unprecedented number of Brazilians crossing US-Mexico border
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U.S. Border Patrol says agents have apprehended an unprecedented number of Brazilian nationals illegally crossing the U.S. border at the San Diego Sector in California this year.
Every month since April, SDC has encountered more than 1,000 Brazilian nationals illegally entering the U.S – a whopping 114,000% increase from the same time frame a year prior, when just six Brazilian nationals were apprehended. When reached by Fox News, an SDC spokesman attributed this dramatic increase to economic instability and violent crime in Brazil. Processing this many Brazilian nationals, meanwhile, has strained the agency’s resources due to language barriers and other factors, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Many agents have had to be removed from patrol duties and reassigned to processing centers.More Related News