'We really need to have that balance between immigration and border security, and get...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.WASHINGTON — The top border patrol agent in the Rio Grande Valley told a panel of lawmakers on Tuesday that Congress needs to act on immigration reform, or else the historic number of migrants crossing the southern border will become the norm.
"We really need to have that balance between immigration and border security, and get serious about that," Chavez said."And we seriously need to find a solution, because we are — border patrol agents — we are the ones that enforce policy, your policy, that Congress puts out." "The cartels are taking advantage of the historically high flow of illegal immigration to overwhelm border patrol agents' resources, place migrants in peril and undermine border security by introducing deadly narcotics, criminals and terrorists in our country," said U.S. Rep. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the committee.
since February 2021, when there were 101,099. The Washington Post reported the number of migrants stopped along the Mexico border last month fell to about 150,000, down from the record-high 251,487 tallied in December
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