A shortage of available Border Patrol agents in California due to an influx of migrants illegally crossing has forced some to hike miles in search of police.
illegally crossing from Mexico into the United States has forced some entering the United States to hike miles into the country in search of law enforcement.obtained an internal document sent to agents that revealed an incident on Monday in which migrants took it upon themselves to hike 5 miles to a federalAccording to the government email, around 6 p.m.
According to the alert email, Border Patrol agents were not aware of how the seven migrants entered the country, as they were not observed by cameras, sensors, or agents on patrol. However, agents suspected that the migrants walked a distance from near the Jacumba Hot Springs-Boulevard area to the Border Patrol station.
The Boulevard station “has been overrun for a while,” said one Border Patrol agent in San Diego who requested anonymity because agents are not permitted to speak with the media. “Once they cross, they are staying in camps along the border until we have space to arrest them,” the second agent said. “The are getting impatient and just walking towards the station. Agents are being told to strongly encourage them to remain in the camps until we have space.”Immigrants from 74 countries have been arrested in San Diego just in the past week. A third agent stationed in the area appeared to have “been coached to say to as for POLITICAL ASYLUM.
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