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"Texas has the superior interest over the 16 states that have sued the Executive Branch over the national emergency. "

Got that right...Texas has the most ongoing illegal immigration:

On a Typical Day in Fiscal Year 2017, CBP...

CONDUCTED:

851 apprehensions between U.S. ports of entry
21 arrests of wanted criminals at U.S. ports of entry
592 refusals of inadmissible persons at U.S. ports of entry

SEIZED:

5,863 pounds of narcotics; disrupted 222 pounds of narcotics
$265,205 in undeclared or illicit currency
$3.3 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights violations

IDENTIFIED:

1607 individuals with suspected national security concerns

INTERCEPTED:

12 fraudulent documents

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/typical-day-fy2017

In FY 2018, an average of more than 33,000 were apprehended on the southern border EVERY month. A small cities worth of population, month after month after month after month.

Nearly 400,000 were caught FY 2018 alone.

**** Keep in mind, these numbers represent those who were caught. How many were not caught? ****

Southwest Apprehensions By Fiscal Year

	Total Apprehensions
Sector	FY 2018	FY 2017
Big Bend TX	8,045	6,002
Del Rio TX	15,833	13,476
El Centro CA	29,230	18,633
El Paso TX	31,561	25,193
Laredo TX	32,641	25,460
Rio Grande TX	162,262	137,562
San Diego CA	38,591	26,086
Tucson AZ	52,172	38,657
Yuma AZ	26,244	12,847
USBP Southwest Border Total	396,579	303,916

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/usbp-sw-border-apprehensions
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/usbp-sw-border-apprehensions-fy2017

Texas apprehensions FY 2018 - 250,342
Texas apprehensions FY 2017 - 207,693

Arizona apprehensions FY 2018 - 78,416
Arizona apprehensions FY 2017 - 51,504

California apprehensions FY 2018 - 67,821
California apprehensions FY 2017 - 44,719

Note: For the Las Cruces (NM) station, see El Paso Sector.