Jaw-dropping number of migrants arrive in San Diego in a single week as ... trends now
San Diego saw a staggering 6,997 migrant encounters in just seven days at the start of April in an alarming indicator of the worsening border crisis, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The number is around the same as other sectors normally see in an entire month, and only reflects those who were caught - meaning the true scale is likely higher.
'Unfortunately, I'm not surprised,' San Diego County Commissioner Jim Desmond told DailyMail.com Thursday.
'Texas is clamping down and other areas are clamping down.
Migrants with carry-ons are apprehended at the border in El Campo on March 13
US Border Patrol took 6,997 migrants into custody from April 3-9
Georgian migrant Nani, smiles as she thanks a U.S. volunteer, speaking between gaps in one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, as she waits to apply for asylum with U.S on Friday
Migrant encounters in the San Diego sector (shown above) have been steadily rising since 2021. Last week, the region saw 6,997 in just one week, according to federal statistics
'Here in California, they're allowed to walk in unimpeded. They're going to follow the path of least resistance, and the least resistance is in California.'
The San Diego sector, which includes most of the Southern California border with Mexico except El Centro and Calexico, has been seeing high number numbers of migrant crossings in recent weeks, between 6,000-8,000.
What makes the April 3-9 numbers so significant is that they were the highest in the nation, even beating out #1 Tucson sector.
The Arizona sector only saw 6,600, but regularly sees as many as 11,000.
The Border Patrol divides the border into 'sectors' or regions.
According to the latest figures released by the feds, San Diego has been the third busiest, but that could be changing.
'Tucson has been the number one sector for migrant arrivals since July 2023, but numbers have been dropping,' Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America said.
Migrants surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border wall from Mexico near Campo, California, about 50 miles from San Diego, on Wednesday, March 13
