Illegal border crossings have soared more than sevenfold in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector, officials said, with agents apprehending more illegal aliens in New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont in two months than in the previous two years combined.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) said in a statement that, between Oct. 1, 2002, and Dec. 31, 2022, the Swanton Sector recorded an increase in apprehensions and encounters of around 743 percent compared to the same period in 2021.
So far in fiscal year 2023, which began on Oct. 1, 2022, the number of apprehensions has surpassed all of those logged during the prior year, according to CBP, which described the trend as a “sustained increase” in illegal crossings….