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Border Patrol Reported 500% Increase in Apprehensions in Miami Sector During Fiscal 2022

Border Patrol agents in the Miami Sector have reported a 500% increase in apprehensions in fiscal year 2022.

From Sept. 1, 2021, to Oct. 31, 2022, agents apprehended 2,350 foreign nationals attempting to illegally enter Florida by sea. The majority were Cubans.

They also interdicted 131 maritime smuggling events, a 330% increase from fuiscal 2921, Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar said.

The numbers continue to climb.

According to preliminary data obtained by The Center Square from a Border Patrol agent, apprehensions in the first three weeks of December alone are on track to break records for the Miami Sector – and are already nearly half of apprehensions for the entire fiscal 2022.

For the first three weeks in December, Miami Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 1,008 illegal foreign nationals and reported 20 gotaways. Gotaways is the term used by agents to describe those who evade capture from law enforcement who don’t surrender at ports of entry or make immigration or asylum claims. Agents also recovered the bodies of 13 dead foreign nationals over this time period.Days before Christmas and with a cold front coming in, BP agents continued to thwart illegal entry in Florida.Slosar said thius week that agents took into custody 175 Cubans […]

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