Exclusive: Texas Law Enforcement Reports Reveal Scope of the Border Crisis

Reports detail drug seizures, gang activity, and illegal crossings—including the capture of individuals from terror prone countries

A Texas state trooper arrests a U.S. citizen who was transporting three illegal aliens to San Antonio, in Kinney County, Texas, on Oct. 20, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

DEL RIO, Texas—In one week, 22,651 illegal aliens from 40 countries were apprehended in Texas near the U.S.–Mexico border, according to a Nov. 2 law enforcement report issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety and obtained by The Epoch Times.

The reporting week encompassed the seven days from Oct. 27 through Nov. 2, and according to the previous week’s numbers and a report from May, the numbers have been this high for months.