The increase in the flow of irregular migration warns the border patrol of the dangers

The southern border of the United States still receives a record number of illegal immigrantsTherefore, the border authorities remain vigilant about the dangers of the tricks of the coyotes that carry them.

“We will start the summer months, some hot months for the traffic sector, which also carries other dangers (…) wolves, smugglers abandon you in the desert, especially if you are injured and you cannot walk with the group. These people will leave you abandoned in the desert,” Carlos warns. Rivera, a spokesperson for the Border Control and Patrol Agency (CBP) in El Paso, Texas, in an interview with The Voice of America.

So far, the official added, they have had 143,000 encounters with illegal immigrants so far this year, which means an increase of 56% over the same period in 2021.

“We’ve already had more than 1,000 meetings a day since April,” he emphasized.

Title 42, a concession enforced in March 2020 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), allows border agents to immediately expel immigrants due to a health condition caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The White House was scheduled to suspend Address 42 last week, however, Federal judge barred Now the threat of an unprecedented influx of immigrants trying to enter the United States still lurks.

Rivera warns that “there are a lot of risks we want immigrants to understand: Don’t expose yourself to those risks and don’t trust these criminal organizations.”

But the climax of this measure does not indicate that there is free movement of illegal immigrants. And the administration of President Joe Biden has repeatedly warned: “The borders are not open.”

Title 8 still stands

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states that through Title 8 “those who attempt to enter the United States without a permit and who are unable to establish a legal basis for remaining in the United States (such as a valid asylum application), are subject to more far-reaching consequences beyond expulsion.”

Rivera insists Address 8 is still standing and hasn’t stopped using it.

“Entering the United States irregularly or illegally carries some penalties, but one time [que haya sido] It has been removed, and the penalties increase.”

This Monday Customs and Border Protection reported that border agents in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) sector made 549 arrests in four groups last weekend, mostly from Central America, South America and Cuba; Of these, at least 112 were unaccompanied minors.

_{* Luis Felipe Rojas, a Miami-based VOA journalist, contributed to this report.}

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