Border Patrol agents in Arizona apprehended nearly 200 illegal immigrants near the Mexican border on Wednesday, finding that well over half were unaccompanied children. .
Agents with the Tucson border sector encountered a group of 197 illegal immigrants shortly after 7 a.m.
The agents determined that 147 were unaccompanied children and that most of them had come from Guatemala.
The encounter came just two days after Border Patrol agents encountered another group of illegal immigrants – this time, 48 – near Sasabe, Ariz
While illegal border crossings have broadly increased since Biden took office, the Tucson Sector Border Patrol has encountered more than 13,600 unaccompanied children for the fiscal year 2021 – a 189% increase over 2020.
CBP says the vast majority of apprehensions at the border are unaccompanied children who are coming from the "Northern Triangle" countries – Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala
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