More than 650 immigrants cross border in El Paso Sector in less than 24 hours
U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 650 migrants illegally crossing the border in three separate groups in less than 24 hours.
Agents took into custody 243 Central American migrants at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at Camp Bounds Forward Operating Base near the Antelope Wells port of entry in New Mexico, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.
About 40 minutes later, agents in El Paso encountered a large group of about 219 people attempting to cross the border illegally at a segment of the border fence near Downtown.
On Thursday, agents apprehended about 209 migrants near Antelope Wells, officials said.
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