Migrant numbers overwhelming Arizona border facilities amid new wave as street releases begin
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An Arizona Border Patrol sector is facing overcrowding as it begins to release migrants onto the streets in response to new numbers at its border.
The sector has seen 2,000 illegal crossings a day for three days, and agents have resorted to street releases in order to decompress the packed shelters. The population includes migrants from Africa, including many from Senegal. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
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It has quickly become one of the most intense areas of a crisis that is again escalating as numbers increase. Sources told Fox that agents apprehended more than 7,400 illegal migrants at the border on Tuesday, and numbers have stayed above the 7,000 mark for three days straight. When combined with encounters at ports of entry, that number hit 9,100.