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Border Patrol: More than 700 migrants detained at El Paso border Wednesday
More than 700 migrants were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso on Wednesday.
The apprehensions throughout the day were among the largest numbers of undocumented migrants detained in a single day in El Paso in recent years.
Several groups of migrants — primarily families and unaccompanied children from Central America — turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents throughout Wednesday, starting just after midnight and continuing through the evening.
Migrant groups were walking across the Rio Grande, up a levee to the metal border fence and surrendering to agents.
Read more: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/03/06/border-patrol-over-500-migrants-detained-el-paso-border-wednesday/3082536002/