Former Border Patrol Chief: We Can’t Properly Vet 650,000 Migrants Being Released

Illegal border crossers are apprehended by Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—At current levels, close to 1 million people will be apprehended by Border Patrol crossing the southern border this fiscal year.

Of the estimated 1 million, around 650,000 will be family units or unaccompanied minors traveling from the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.