More than 18,000 people have evaded border patrol agents and slipped into the United States illegally since October 1, Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced Tuesday.
The shocking number of so-called “gotaways” — people known to have entered the country illegally without being caught — equates to about 1,125 people daily over the last 16 days.
“These are individuals whose identities & purpose we do not know,” Chief Owens wrote on X.
“That is why you need every Border Patrol agent to be in the field and on patrol,” he said.
The announcement comes as Border Patrol agents are stretched to the limit as they attempt to deal with the huge influx of people who are handing themselves in at the border and seeking asylum in the US.
Former Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott recently told The Post the sheer number of people overwhelmeing the border means agents have to spend all their time processing migrants and filling in paperwork for them, instead of patrolling the border looking for the drug smugglers, terrorists and potential gotaways.
18,000 Hamas !!!!
18,000 more Ms-13 !!!!
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