HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – Last week, Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to highlight some of the border issues and give up-to-date statistics.
Morgan says the number of illegal migrants along the Southwest border has declined for the sixth straight month.
Morgan says, “Total enforcement actions in November number 42,649 – a decline of 6 percent from October – and recent domestic policy initiative and international agreements have resulted in a decrease of more than 70 percent since the height of the crisis in May.”
Havre Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean McGoffin emphasized how smuggling organizations exploit people and their families. In a recent event in Havre Sector, nineteen people were arrested in a smuggling incident and one man has admitted he illegally transported aliens for compensation.
