The U.S. Border Patrol said in recent weeks they’ve seen an increase in migrants being robbed at gunpoint after crossing into the United States.
“We had three different incidents where migrants reported to our agents that they had been robbed by bandits at gunpoint,” Moreno said.
The U.S. is preparing to announce a deal with Mexico to counter the amount of fentanyl crossing through the border. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more on the exclusive. “They were robbed of their cell phones in one of the instances, and in another instance, the migrants were asked to pay one thousand dollars each. When they didn’t have that currency on them, they were robbed of their belongings,” Moreno said.
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