Northern border sector sees 550% increase in migrant apprehensions last fiscal year
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The Swanton Sector at the northern border has seen a massive spike in migrant apprehensions compared to prior fiscal years, a Border Patrol official said.
He also said the migrants were arriving from 79 different countries, with the top five countries from which migrants originated being Mexico, India, Venezuela, Haiti and Romania. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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The sector, which covers the borders of New York, New Hampshire and Vermont with Canada, saw just over 1,000 Border Patrol apprehensions in all of FY 2022 and just 365 in FY 2021.
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