The U.S. Border Patrol's Swanton Sector, which is based in Vermont, also reported Monday that it has experienced seven straight months of 'encounter increases,' part of a trend that the border patrol said dates back to 2021.
Despite frigid mid-winter temperatures, a U.S. Border Patrol station in Vermont is reporting 367 apprehensions and encounters in January, including family groups with young children and infants. The January numbers are more than the combined January apprehensions at that station spanning the last 12 years.
"As we progress deeper into winter and continue to address the ongoing pace of illicit cross-border traffic, the level of concern for the lives and welfare of our Border Patrol Agents and those we are encountering -- particularly vulnerable populations -- continues to climb," Swanton Sector Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia said in a statement.
Agents in December also led search-and-rescue efforts, providing life-saving aid in separate incidents occurring in Newport, Vermont, and Burke, New York.
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