Post Election Migrant Surge Yet to Materialize, Says CBP Source

Despite the resurgence of a few migrant caravans that have formed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, a post-election rush to the border after a Trump victory many expected would occur has yet to materialize.

According to a source within Customs and Border Protection, illegal border crossings since the November 5 election have only risen slightly. The source, not authorized to speak to the media, says the news is good but Border Patrol agents working along the border are not out of the woods yet.

The source attributes the failure of a visible surge to reach the immediate border region is the result of continued, albeit slightly reduced, law enforcement and military actions in Mexico keeping migrants from free, unrestricted travel to the United States border. Another less visible factor reducing illegal border crossings, according to the source, is the continued application of non-Congressionally approved Biden-Harris migrant parole programs that allow more than two thousand migrants to enter at official, legal land ports of entry and by way of international airports within the United States.

According to the source, intelligence reports indicate pressure is building in southern Mexico and the potential for a significant surge in migrant crossings is still possible. As reported by Breitbart Texas, as a precaution, law enforcement authorities in Texas are bracing for a final Biden-Harris border surge that may occur before inauguration day.

The CBP source tells Breitbart Texas the potential border migrant surge is entirely dependent on the continued efforts of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) and the country’s National Guard who have largely precluded migrants from utilizing Mexico’s dangerous network of freight trains, known as “La Bestia” or “the Beast” in English, to quickly reach the southern border at no cost.

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According to the source, without the ability to hop on the trains at will without being impeded by Mexico’s INM or national guard troops, the migrants are reliant mostly on human smugglers and commercial bus and van lines to reach the border. {snip}

In late December, enhanced law enforcement efforts in Mexico significantly reduced the number of migrants using the trains as part of a bi-national election year arrangement between the Biden/Harris administration and the Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador government in Mexico. {snip}

Those efforts in Mexico have begun to wain in some areas. Sources in Mexico have reported a noticed decrease in the presence of Mexico’s INM and National Guard soldiers at highway checkpoints {snip}

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