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Texas border sector has 8,000 illegal immigrants in custody, busting capacity by 5,000

By Eddie Scarry
Published June 11, 2019 3:21pm ET
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Texas border sector has 8,000 illegal immigrants in custody, busting capacity by 5,000
This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. The federal government is opening a new mass shelter for migrant children near the U.S-Mexico border and is considering housing children on three military bases to add 3,000 more beds to the overtaxed system in the coming weeks. | (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, File)

The Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border is currently in custody of more than 8,000 illegal immigrants, nearly three times the intended capacity of 3,363, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release.

Yet, some people seriously don’t think there’s a border crisis.

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