Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.Danyelle Khmara
Federal data shows that migrant apprehensions in the Tucson Sector increased by 24% to more than 460,000 people this fiscal year, which ended with September.
The only regions where crossings increased were Tucson and San Diego due to record highs around December. Those numbers have dropped dramatically since the Biden administration enacted enhanced consequences for crossing unauthorized and limited access to asylum.
One of the major changes this fiscal year, especially in the Tucson Sector, is that a large majority of people who crossed turned themselves over to Border Patrol in hopes of asking for asylum, instead of evading authorities, as they did in previous years.
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