
House Republicans plead with Mayorkas to address 'unprecedented surge' across northern US-Canada border
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22 House Republicans pleaded with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to address the "unprecedented surge in apprehensions" at the U.S.-Canada border.
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In the 2023 fiscal year, Border Patrol agents apprehended 10,021 aliens illegally crossing the border between ports of entry, including 2,229 apprehensions in the first four months alone. In the first four months of the 2024 fiscal year, through January 2024, the Border Patrol has already apprehended 4,772 subjects along the northern border, according to Kelly’s office.
Speaking to Fox News Digital after the congressman's recent trip to the southern border this week, Zinke discussed how the crisis is impacting the northern border as well.