The reality of Biden’s border crisis: Migrants captured during ride-along

Border Protection officers have captured a group of migrants during a ride-along with a sheriff’s deputy at one of the major corridors for human smuggling in the US. Sky News Washington Correspondent Annelise Nielsen visited Falfurrias, Texas, to explore the reality of President Joe Biden’s border crisis. An hour and a half north of the border between the US and Mexico, border officers spotted eight people running into a field and captured six – meaning two eluded authorities and made their way to try to sneak past the checkpoint just a few kilometres north. On cool evenings, local officers said they expect to intercept five similar groups. Brooks County Sheriff’s Deputy Sam Rosas this type of encounter was a “daily thing”. “It happens daily for everyone, border patrol, DPS, local law enforcement in the city of Falfurrias and Brooks County Sheriff’s Office,” he said. “They have a certain point, the GPS coordinates, that they have to get to in a certain amount of time, and they’ve got to do it fast and quick. “Whenever there’s a migrant that’s sick or that’s in pain, can’t keep up, they leave them behind, and usually those are the ones we’ve got to pick up from the brush. Three full-time sheriffs have to manage around 2,500 square kilometres of land. Last year 34 bodies were recovered in Brooks County Sheriff Benny Martinez' county, but by the beginning of May that figure had already hit 31 for this year. In the first months of Joe Biden's Presidency, the number of people attempting to cross the southern border between the United States and Mexico has skyrocketed. Already this year more than 530,000 migrants have been encountered trying to cross into the United States. In the last two months alone, that number was more than 173,000 – the highest in two decades.

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