McALLEN, Texas—Seven Chinese illegal aliens try to evade Border Patrol; a smuggler ferries two Guatemalans across the Rio Grande on a raft; groups of Mexicans run from Border Patrol; a K-9 unit catches them; an EMT conducts medical screenings on Central American families; and group after group after group of Central Americans emerge from the riverbank to find Border Patrol.
On April 18, The Epoch Times spent eight hours with Border Patrol in a small area of southeast Texas, in the nation’s busiest area for illegal crossings. During the 24-hour period in which we were out, Border Patrol apprehended more than 1,000 illegal aliens in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. As of April 23, seven months into the fiscal year, illegal alien apprehensions in the sector (164,000) had surpassed the total apprehensions in all of fiscal year 2018.
