Migrants now avoiding Rio Grande Valley route into US

 Washington Examiner:

What was for a decade the top spot on the southern border for illegal immigration has shifted to other parts of the 2,000-mile boundary, largely driven by the threat of deportation and hostile human smugglers in the region.

The most-southern tip of the United States, the Rio Grande Valley of southeast Texas, has led all other nine southern border regions in immigrant arrests since 2013, but escalating cartel violence in Mexico and the United States sending back immigrants who cross into the region have been the driving forces behind immigrants rethinking where to cross, according to government and union officials.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told the Washington Examiner that the Rio Grande Valley has existing infrastructure in place to receive and hold large numbers of immigrants from nearby regions and expeditiously remove immigrants by plane.

For example, since the region has historically seen a high number of Guatemalans and Hondurans immigrate, it has processes in place to quickly fly immigrants back to those countries, which over time has deterred people in those places from attempting to travel to the Rio Grande Valley.

“The RGV is also leading the southwest border in consequences delivered. We average anywhere for 10 to 15 repatriation flights a week to the northern triangle countries,” a senior regional Border Patrol official wrote in a text message. “We also have agreements with Mexico to return Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians through the ports of entry. So that has a huge impact as well.”

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As a former resident of the Valley, there are limited routes out of the area which makes it easier for the Border Patrol to stop migrants.  They tend to have inspection stations along that route.  I can recall going through them on my trips to Austin when I was a student at UT.  The route takes you through the famous King Ranch which means there are not many stopping places when you are leaving the Vally.  I recall a sign telling travelers there are no gas stations for several miles.

See also:

HOMAN: Biden The First ‘President’ To Unsecure The Border… On Purpose

Tom Homan came back to Congress, and started dropping Truth Bombs ...

And:

 Biden DHS Asking Border Patrol To Record ‘Altercations’ With Texas Law Enforcement, DCNF Reporter Reveals

I think the Border Patrol is glad to see Texas step up and help control the border since Joe Biden does not want to control it. 

And:

String of retail thefts, burglaries by migrants plaguing Chicago suburb: authorities

And:

 Denver hospitals want federal bailout as illegal immigrants flood system

And:

 Texas gov transforms immigration from a border issue to a backyard one. Dems aren't happy

And:

 Biden And Abbott Have Set The Stage For One Of The Biggest State-Versus-Feds Immigration Fights In More Than A Decade

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