Two migrant families from Brazil pass a gap in the border wall to seek asylum in Yuma. Brazilian families accounted for 3,600 encounters in the Border Patrol’s Yuma sector in June – nearly a third of the sector’s total monthly.
Eugene Garcia, Associated Press
For the second straight month, the number of migrant encounters reported by the Tucson Sector to the border patrol fell slightly, federal data released Friday showed.
In the Tucson Sector, agents reported about 18,400 encounters in Customs and Border Protection, up from about 19,900 in May.
Agents of the Yuma sector reported about 12,400 encounters in June, up slightly from about 12,200 in May.
Along the entire U.S.-Mexico border, CBP officials reported about 188,800 encounters in June, up from about 180,600 in May.
Border crossings refer to migrants arrested while trying to secretly cross the border, as well as those who stop officials to seek asylum. Border crossings began to increase last summer and then increased in January when President Biden took office.
The vast majority of border crossings in June involved border guards working in remote areas between ports of entry and at motorway checkpoints.
Agents reported about 178,400 encounters in June, up from 172,600 in May. The Office of Field Operations, which operates legal ports of entry, reported about 10,400 encounters in June, up from 8,000 in May.
The busiest migratory area remains the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Border Patrol on the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. Officials there reported 59,400 encounters in June, up from 51,100 in May.
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