Border Patrol agents have seen a more than 1000 percent increase in the number of illegal immigrants from countries including China and Afghanistan attempting to enter the United States, according to Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz.
Ortiz, who is set to retire next month after more than three decades with the agency, took to Twitter on June 9 where he shared the latest data pertaining to fiscal year 2022–2023.
Similar illegal immigrant increases were seen from the nations of Algeria, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Paraguay, and Vietnam, according to Ortiz’s post.
“While we work diligently to repatriate migrants from these countries, we still have challenges with countries’ governments to get working programs in place to repatriate all those we apprehend,” said Ortiz, who will be succeeded by Jason Owens, the current head of the Del Rio Sector….