Arrests of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States have nearly tripled in recent months in anticipation of Congressional efforts to enact comprehensive immigration legislation, border patrol agents told CBS News....
Once the first group gets across, they call their family, they call their friends and let them know, Hey the time is right, come on over, Border Patrol agent and union representative Chris Cabrera told CBS News.
In March 2013, .... 7,500 illegals were arrested in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Thats up from 2,800 in January...(three months time increase)
Migrants ride on top of a northern bound train toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, in Oaxaca, southern Mexico.