El Paso Border Patrol apprehensions rise

The U.S. Border Patrol reported an 8.2 percent increase for fiscal year 2015 in overall apprehensions of undocumented immigrants along the El Paso sector, as well as spikes in the apprehensions of families and unaccompanied children, statistics indicate. Border Patrol-El Paso sector spokesman Doug Mosier said agents in the sector apprehended 11,254 unauthorized immigrants between Sept. 1, 2014, and July 31, 2015, compared with 10,397 for the same period in fiscal year 2014. During the 2015 fiscal year, the Border Patrol-El Paso sector reported a 68 percent increase in family apprehensions over fiscal year 2014. The El Paso Border Patrol detained 826 family units in fiscal year 2015 compared with 491 in fiscal year 2014. El Paso's Border Patrol also detained 1,261 unaccompanied minors in fiscal year 2015 compared with 875 in fiscal year 2014. (All figures are for Sept. 1 through July 31.)...more