Texas authorities rescued over 20 migrants from cross-border train smuggling operation

The Texas Department of Public Safety on Sunday rescued more than 20 migrants from a train smuggling operation near the border town of Eagle Pass. One of the migrants required medical assistance.

Border Patrol agents are increasingly cracking down on train-smuggling operations in the Del Rio sector, a 55,063-square-mile area of ​​Texas that has more than a thousand arrests every week.

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Over the past few years, the number of border crossings has increased dramatically, with 310,531 border crossings in 2017 compared to 2,214,652 in 2022. As of January 22, 2023, there were 639,032 border crossings.

“President Biden’s self-created security crisis, with millions of unverified individuals entering our country illegally, should be of concern to every American,” Rep. August Pfluger (R-Tex.) told Fox News Digital. “Texans stand up when the Biden administration stands by.”

Human trafficking is valued at approximately $150 billion, with the International Labor Organization estimating 25 million victims of human trafficking worldwide.

Republicans have rallied against the increase in border crossings, and many have gone so far as to call for the impeachment of US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorcas.

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“The whole world knows that our southern border is wide open. Until this administration begins to change its rhetoric and actions, we will continue to see migrants from hundreds of countries risk their lives to come to America like this, ”said Rep. Pat Fallon (Republican). Texas) told Fox News Digital. “After all, an open border is immoral for the people who live above and below it. This is just another example of that.”

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