Illegal Immigrants Coming to US for Surgery: McAleenan

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan testifies at a House hearing in front of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, in Washington on July 12, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Border Patrol agents along the southern border have taken 21,000 sick or injured illegal immigrants to hospitals since January, according to Kevin McAleenan, acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Agents have spent 250,000 hours—the equivalent of 28 years—at hospitals with sick individuals.