AP: Record Number of African Migrants Coming to U.S.-Mexico Border

Breitbart ^ | 16 Jun 2019 | Breitbart News

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers, surprising Border Patrol agents more accustomed to Spanish-speaking illegal aliens.

Officials in Texas and even Maine are scrambling to absorb the sharp increase in African illegal aliens. They are coming to America after flying across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and then embarking on an often harrowing overland journey.

In one recent week, agents in the Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector stopped more than 500 African illegal aliens found walking in separate groups along the arid land after splashing across the Rio Grande, children in tow.

That is more than double the total of 211 African illegal aliens who were detained by the Border Patrol along the entire 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) U.S.-Mexico border in the 2018 fiscal year.

“We are continuing to see a rise in apprehensions of illegal aliens from countries not normally encountered in our area,” said Raul Ortiz, head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector.

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Yes, ‘cause that’s all the swamp wants you to hear.