
First photo inside El Paso migrant center obtained by Fox News, as southern border situation intensifies
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox News has obtained the first photo taken from inside the El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas, dated March 8, from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).
"Currently, we are experiencing a high number of encounters in the West Texas/New Mexico region. These encounters include families and unaccompanied children," CBP Chief Gloria Chavez of the El Paso Sector told Fox News in a statement on the current situation there. "The highest population for the El Paso Sector is unaccompanied children with a 96% increase compared to February" 2020, year-to-date. Border agents have encountered more than 3,300 undocumented, unaccompanied children in the El Paso region this fiscal year. There has been a 64% nationwide increase in the number of migrant children coming into the U.S., Fox 40 Sacramento reported. There were 30,077 border apprehensions in February 2020. In February this year, CBP encountered 100,441 migrants at the southern border -- a 28% increase compared to January 2021 -- and carried out 72,113 explosions. The number of encounters at the border has been increasing since April 2020, according to CBP.More Related News