{"id":1498429,"date":"2022-05-31T14:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498429"},"modified":"2022-05-31T14:29:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:29:49","slug":"border-patrol-chief-announces-over-1000-illegals-over-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-announces-over-1000-illegals-over-memorial-day-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Chief Announces Over 1,000 Illegals Over Memorial Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborder-patrol-chief-announces-over-1000-illegals-over-memorial-day-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Raul Ortiz announced Tuesday that border patrol agents stopped over 1,000 migrants, dozens of pounds of narcotics, two sex offenders and more from coming into the country over Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz tweeted out a list of statistics from the CBP over the holiday weekend as the border crisis has continued to get worse and migrants from a number of different countries have been caught trying to illegally enter the country. The Biden administration decided to end Title 42, a public health <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/joe-biden-customs-and-border-protection-department-of-health-and-human-services-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">measure<\/a>\u00a0issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to rapidly expel migrants on public health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>On May 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/border-title-42-arizona-immigration-covid-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a federal judge ruled<\/a> that the Biden administration\u2019s move to end Title 42 must be paused after a group of Republican attorneys general sued the administration. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/border-title-42-arizona-immigration-covid-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Federal Judge Blocks Biden From Ending Trump-Era Border Policy)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CBP chief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChief\/status\/1531676889668108289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> agents seized 43 lbs. of narcotics, which included cocaine, meth and fentanyl. Ortiz said agents apprehended 9 large groups, altogether 1,377 migrants. Agents also captured four migrants with warrants, two sex offenders and a 2nd-degree murder conviction. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/house-democrat-kim-schrier-slams-joe-biden-border-handling-supporting-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Swing-District House Dem Slams Biden\u2019s Border Handling While Supporting His Policies)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over the weekend\u2026<br \/>\u202243 lbs. of Narcotics (Cocaine, Meth, Fentanyl)<br \/>\u20229 Large Groups, totaling 1,377 migrants<br \/>\u20224 Warrants<br \/>\u20222 Sex Offenders<br \/>\u2022A 2nd Degree Murder Conviction<\/p>\n<p>Agents work around the clock to keep our communities safe.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USBP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USBP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BorderPatrol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BorderPatrol<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HonorFirst?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HonorFirst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGmMS7hZ6R\">pic.twitter.com\/gGmMS7hZ6R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Raul Ortiz (@USBPChief) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChief\/status\/1531676889668108289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_7440390\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7440390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Immigrants walk towards a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint after they crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico on August 14, 2021 in Roma, Texas. Recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures show more than 200,000 people were apprehended at the border in July, the highest number in 21 years. (Photo by John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Border agents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/25\/customs-border-protection-illiegal-immigration-2-million-december\/\">encountered<\/a>\u00a0a record two million migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021. In fiscal 2021, they seized $3.31 billion in counterfeit goods, over 319,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\">pounds<\/a>\u00a0of marijuana, over 190,000 pounds of methamphetamine and over 97,000 pounds of cocaine. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/chip-roy-rips-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-biden-administration-immigration-policy-house-judiciary-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018This Is A Mobile Morgue\u2019: Chip Roy Rips Into Secretary Mayorkas, Biden Administration\u2019s Immigration Policy)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted CBP about the specifics of the Memorial Day weekend and the total number of migrants caught throughout the holiday weekend to which they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Raul Ortiz announced Tuesday that border patrol agents stopped over 1,000 migrants, dozens of pounds of narcotics, two sex offenders and more from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}