80 Unaccompanied Minors Surrender to Border Patrol in Arizona Desert

Border Patrol agents apprehend a group of illegal immigrants following the congressional border delegation visit near downtown El Paso, Texas, on March 15, 2021. Justin Hamel/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has encountered another group of over 80 unaccompanied minors after they illegally crossed into the United States with 50 other illegal immigrants, the agency said this week.

“Early this morning, over 130 illegal aliens surrendered to #BorderPatrol agents near San Miguel, AZ after illegally crossing the border," Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin said in a Twitter post. “More than 80 were unaccompanied minors. The group was provided masks and transported to #Tucson for processing.”