Customs and Border Protection officers rescued nearly 5,000 illegal immigrants from danger, while also greatly increasing the capture of illicit drugs and weapons smuggled into the country at the southwest border, according to numbers for fiscal year 2019 released Tuesday.
CBP reported that it seized about 750,000 pounds of illegal drugs. Seizures in every drug category except marijuana rose in fiscal 2019, which ended Sept. 30.
Border Patrol agents arrested 859,501 illegal immigrants in fiscal 2019, more than double the previous year.
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