ANOTHER HUGE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. BORDER PATROL AGENTS ENCOUNTERED TWO GROUPS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MORE THAN 400 IMMIGRANTS CROSSED THE BORDER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AT SUNLAND PARK. THEN TWO HOURS LATER, 230 MORE WERE ARRESTED AT THE ANTELOPE WELLS PORT OF ENTRY.
BOTH GROUPS WERE COMPRISED MOSTLY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN FAMILIES AND UNACCOMPANIED JUVENILES. THE BORDER PATROL SAYS CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE GROUPS TO THE BORDER NEVER ACTUALLY CROSS THE BORDER TO AVOID APPREHENSION.
