US Mexico Border News | US Sees Spike In Migrant Detentions At El Paso Sector | US News | News18

US Mexico Border News | US Sees Spike In Migrant Detentions At El Paso Sector | US News | News18Migrant apprehensions in the El Paso sector, at the U.S.-Mexico border, had a 156 percent increase between October and February, according to a U.S. Border Patrol agent.From October 1 to the end of February there were 224,000 migrant apprehensions in the El Paso sector, one of nine Border Patrol Sectors that run along the Southwest Border of the United States with Mexico, which represented an increase of more than 150% over the same period last year, agent Fidel Abarca told Reuters on Thursday (March 23).According to the Border Patrol, this route has become one of the most used by migrants attempting to cross into the United States, with tens of thousands of apprehensions each month.Reuters was present as one of the migrant detention operations was carried out, with women and children being taken into the custody of border agents and then transferred for processing.The El Paso sector patrols 268 miles of international border and encompasses 125,500 square miles.#usa #elpaso #migration #englishnews n18oc_world