EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Illegal immigration kept falling in August across the southern border – except in a place where the desert is killing dozens of human beings, border agents are being assaulted and cartels “100 percent” guarantee they will cross you into the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data published last week shows migrant encounters went up 22 percent in New Mexico, going from 9,087 in July to 11,016 in August.
The portion of the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol that runs from Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, New Mexico to the Arizona state line accounted for all but 2,266 of the region’s apprehensions last month. By far, most of the migrants apprehended in August were Mexican nationals, with Guatemalan migrants a distant second, followed by Venezuelan migrants…