Declining illegal border crossings is helping get more border agents back in the field

Adam Klepp is KGUN 9's Marana reporter. Send your story ideas to Adam at [email protected].

TUCSON, Ariz. — Border apprehensions have declined every week in the Tucson Sector since President Biden signed an executive order limiting migrants' access to asylum.

We were shown every stage of the process, from where migrants are initially screened, to when they are served with papers saying they are being removed from the country. I spoke to some of those deportees in June. Many told us they had asked for asylum but claimed they didn't get an interview with an asylum officer.

"I'm not seeing it, we're not seeing anything that validates those claims. If there is, we will investigate it and we will address it," De LaTorre said. Tucson Sector agents have not just faced challenges, but historic levels of immigration in the sector. In December, over 80,000 migrants were apprehended by agents, a record for the sector.

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