Biden to visit Texas border sector with among the lowest illegal crossings

Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 4,700 illegal immigrants on Monday, with only 12 being apprehended in Brownsville, Texas, where Biden plans to visit on Thursday.

President Biden plans to visit the southern border on Thursday. (Getty Images)

Of the remaining 20, the Brownsville Station in the Rio Grande Valley Sector reported 12 apprehensions on Monday.

The illegal immigrant activity in Brownsville is nearly nonexistent.

Still, Biden is expected to travel to the area on Thursday to meet with U.S. Border Patrol agents, law enforcement and local leaders.

The same day, former President Trump is to travel to Eagle Pass, Texas.

7.2M ILLEGALS ENTERED US UNDER BIDEN ADMIN, AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN POPULATION OF 36 STATES

This view shows a column of migrants on the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, last year. (Texas DPS)

The number of illegal immigrants that were crossing into the U.S. from Mexico in El Paso appeared to have plummeted at the time, and the Central Processing Center, which was previously overwhelmed with immigrants, was no longer at its capacity of about 1,000 migrants, and the migrant camps suddenly vanished, CBP sources said.

According to a Fox News analysis published last week, nearly 7.3 million migrants are known to have illegally crossed the southwest border since Biden took office

That number is greater than the population of 36 individual states. It comes from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which has already reported 961,537 border encounters in the current fiscal year, which runs from October through September. If the current pace of illegal immigration does not slow down, fiscal 2024 will break last year's record of 2,475,669 southwest border encounters — a number that by itself exceeds the population of New Mexico, a border state.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The total number of southwest land border encounters since Biden assumed office in 2021 is 7,298,486, CBP data shows.

White House officials did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.

Danielle Wallace and Bradford Betz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.

Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.

Story tips and can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.

Subscribed

You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-visit-texas-border-sector-among-lowest-illegal-crossings