Russian Nationals Attempting to Cross US Southern Border Surges as Ukraine War Drags On

People walk across the Rio Grande to surrender to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 13, 2022. Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images

The number of Russians attempting to try to cross into the United States from Mexico has increased by over 30 percent according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection (CBP), as more apparently attempt to flee the draft created by President Vladimir Putin to expand his army as the war in Ukraine continues.

“There are over 150 countries that have been reported coming through the border and the Russian influence has gone up by 35 percent over two years,” Clint McDonald, executive director of the Southwestern Border Sheriff’s Coalition, told The Epoch Times. “That’s what has been documented and that’s not counting what the federal government calls ‘got aways’ where they come across sensors or come across cameras and nobody has ever come in contact with them.”