Kleberg County Chief Deputy Jaime Garza said that when officers could be in danger, “it’s like awakening a sleeping giant.”
Last week, thousands of Haitian illegal aliens arrived in Del Rio after the federal government suspended deportations earlier this month.
There was a spike in illegal immigrant arrests in the Del Rio region and an increase in the southwest border region overall.
Authorities report that the number of encounters along the southern border has continued to increase, with a greater amount of single adults outside of Mexico.
Border apprehensions leveled out after a six-month incline, but the total sets a record high for November.
The two failed human smuggling attempts come as the border patrol sees an over two-year high of apprehensions in the Laredo sector.
Border apprehensions in October rose to the highest levels since summer of 2019 and is the highest tally for the month of October compared to past years.
Border patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants dropped significantly during the 2020 fiscal year, but officials caution that an uptick is likely after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
Border encounters reached nearly 50,000 in August, the highest since the fiscal year began last October.
U.S. border patrol encounters have increased to levels typical for a July before the pandemic, with the largest increase seen in the Rio Grande Valley.
After a decline in border apprehensions amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the number of single adults apprehended in June set a record for the fiscal year.
After reaching a low in April, monthly southern border encounters in May increased by 27 percent with 23,118 total apprehensions and inadmissibles.
Amidst the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, border apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border have reached a low not seen in three years.
Southern border apprehensions have declined slightly amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, though Border Patrol agents apprehended 30,000 and continue to combat drug smuggling.
After eight months of continuous decline at the southern border, February statistics reveal a roughly one percent increase in apprehensions while drug seizures continue to be a top issue.
