- U.S. Customs and Border Protection has detailed 25 extra agents to a busy section of the northern border, effective Monday, as the number of migrants, particularly those from Mexico, crossing into the U.S. from Canada continues to rise, according to a CBP spokesperson.
- At least some of those agents temporarily reassigned to the northern border were formerly stationed on the southern border, according to a source familiar with the move.
- NBC News previously reported on the rise in Mexicans crossing into the U.S. from Canada after legally arriving in Canada by air.
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U.S. Transfers Border Patrol Agents To Northern Border As Crossings Soar
ORGAN PIPE NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA - SEPTEMBER 28: A U.S. Border Patrol agents guards a group of immigrants after tracking them through rugged terrain on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona. U.S. immigration authorities made more than 2 million arrests along the U.S. southern border during the 2022 fiscal year, which ends September 30, the first time to reach that historic threshold. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)