During the fiscal year the Del Rio Sector Border Patrol has reported that there have been 32,624 overall undocumented immigrant apprehensions in 2019, a 222% increase as compared to the previous year. 

The United States Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector held a Border Safety Initiative press conference along the banks of the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas on Thursday, June 6, 2019. 

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station have arrested another group of 34 people from Africa. Del Rio Sector has seen a dramatic rise in the number of arrests of illegal immigrants from African countries over the past week.