US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Sector Chief John R. Modlin announced the arrests of 2,700 migrants in the Tucson sector in the first week of the month, in a Sept. 6 post on X.
According to Modlin's Sept. 6 post on X, agents in the Tucson sector were also involved in eight rescues, 215 criminal cases, and 12 narcotics events. They seized three firearms, three pounds of marijuana, and disrupted 27 human smuggling events.
In terms of weekly apprehensions, the 2,700 apprehensions in the week ending Sept. 6 is down from the last week of August when 2,900 were apprehended. In the 2023 fiscal year, there were 12,100 apprehensions in the first week of September and 11,200 the week before.
Screenshot of John R. Modlin's Sept. 6 Post on X
| X2,700
In the 2024 fiscal year, according to a graphic attached to Modlin’s post on X, the Tucson sector has had 8,459 federal criminal cases accepted. In comparison, during October through August in the 2023 fiscal year, there were 309,129 federal criminal cases accepted.
The US Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for safeguarding the nation's borders and preventing illegal entry of people and contraband. Established in 1924, it operates in 328 ports of entry and protects 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
