October’s report was the first operational update since the resignation of Chris Magnus, former Customs and Border Protection commissioner.
The agency reported more than 2.4 million encounters with illegal aliens along the southern border last fiscal year, an all-time record.
One-third of the encounters near the southern border last month resulted in an expulsion under the Title 42 order.
The federal judge who handed down the sentence reportedly commented that the convict was “lucky” no one died during the crime.
Apprehensions, most of which occur in Texas sectors, have already surpassed the total from the last fiscal year.
An illegal alien from Tamaulipas pleaded guilty to “conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens for financial gain.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported seizing 100,000 pounds of methamphetamine so far this Fiscal Year.
In April, the federal government released 110,000 illegal aliens into the country on parole or via notices to appear.
Republicans have pressured Abbott to take more aggressive action against illegal immigration by challenging the federal government.
Agents in Laredo apprehended the suspect after discovering an outstanding warrant in Webb County charging him with sexual assault of a child.
The federal Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general conducted an investigation into detention facilities in the Rio Grande Valley.
Officials in Laredo, El Paso, and Hidalgo County disregarded new CDC guidelines after previously using agency warnings to ramp up protocols.
