Border Patrol's San Diego Sector topped migrant encounters in April, a shift from the 1990s. San Diego, once focal point of immigration debates, now sees diverse asylum-seekers replacing single men from Mexico and Central America. California city at forefront of border crisis with highest crossings in the US.
The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly https://t.co/nAhDuitqer
California city becomes ground zero of America's border crisis with more crossings than any other region https://t.co/lINpe5dvWY https://t.co/GVqLKNXOlN
Immigration patterns are shifting. Toward CA, away from AZ/TX: "San Diego County has become the most popular spot for migrants illegally entering the US... It was the busiest of the Border Patrol’s nine sectors along the southern border for the first time since the 1990s." https://t.co/0EabnYh9e3
San Diego, once Ground Zero of #immigration polemics, site of the soccer field and banzai runs, is again busiest Border Patrol sector. A diverse, globalized mix of asylum-seekers has replaced what used to be mostly single men from Mexico, Central America. https://t.co/3bRQVimqUM
CBP data released yesterday confirm that Border Patrol's San Diego Sector was number one in migrant encounters in April, for the first time since the late 1990s. https://t.co/rEjq5zNR9a