The numbers come as the U.S. has strived to cope with a flow of migrants and the Biden Administration went to restore its predecessor's "Remain in Mexico" policy. A source from the Homeland Security Department told Fox News that the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) sector recently saw 2,284 illegal encounters within 24 hours. Similar numbers surfaced in November, with at least 262 migrants making it past flooded agents in that sector.
Overall, illegal encounters have reached 101,808 since October 1 with more than 9,500 getaways.
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Last week, the Biden Administration said it would restore Trump's provocative migrant protection protocols (MPP), also known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy. It keeps migrants on the other side of the border while awaiting court hearings.
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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas published a memo to officially end the program in October, and DHS insisted on Thursday that he "repeatedly stated that MPP has endemic flaws, imposed unjustifiable human costs, pulled resources and personnel away from other priority efforts, and failed to address the root causes of irregular migration."
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Last week, DHS said it would start the reimposing on Monday. "DHS will begin the court-mandated reimplementation in one location on December 6, and quickly expand across the Southwest Border based on discussions with the GOM to address security concerns and operational constraints," a press release reads.
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Republicans have blamed the ongoing border crossing surge on the Biden Administration's policies, including canceling MPP, while the Administration has slammed its predecessor for shutting off legal asylum pathways.
Border security in La Joya, Texas, has received help as the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced they are stepping up their operations in the area.
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The Texas DPS published a video on Sunday saying their Tactical Marine Unit will be sufficient force on the Rio Grande River to seize smugglers and curb criminal activity.
Texas authorities have caught more than 16,000 pounds of drugs, including Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine from being passed across the U.S.- Mexico border and they've captured more than $7 million dollars. This is according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
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More than 165,000 migrants who illegally crossed the southern border have been apprehended since March by the state of Texas as part of Operation Lonestar. Texas national guard troopers apprehended 84,000 of those migrants.
DPS also announced that they have been in more than 1,000 vehicle chases including on Thanksgiving when a person suspected of human smuggling crashed killing two people and injuring 11 others.
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