texas. the border patrol sector chief posting photos yesterday showing a group of 20 people who tried to come into the united states by literally swimming across the rio grande. we ve seen in other areas of the river where they re able to walk you across. this was a group that tried swimming across. they were all caught and some of them even had to be rescued. back out here live, obviously the summer conditions, some folks thought things would slow down in the brutal summer heat. the opposite happened. in july alone, more than 212,000 people apprehended at our southern border, a new 20 year record high. we ll send it back to you. alicia: thanks, bill. benjamin: we have a fox news alert right now. tropical storm henri made land landfall and officials warning of flooding across a wide swath of the northeast. we will have an update on the storm coming up. and new questions about america s standing in the world, as u.s. allies one after the other slam the botched exit from
streets and now with this, it s overwhelming. take a look at the fox drone. why we re here in la hoya, it s a hot spot. the incomplete border wall ap just stopped when president biden took over. and countless trips we watch them walk right around the border wall and show up where the border patrol ap helped them. 212,000 apprehensions in the month of july and just one day last week alone the border patrol chief out here in rio grande apprehended more than 4,000 people in a single day and that s an all-time record for the rio grande border patrol. back to you. those numbers are astounding and seem to keep growing and i want to say our condolences here at fox go out to the family of the border patrol officer who passed away. bill, thank you for that report. griff. griff: anita, coming up, we ll head west of where bill is to
and your family safer in an emergency. a week s worth of food and water, radio, flashlight, batteries and first aid kit are a good start to learn more, visit safetyactioncenter.pge.com in our national lead, another foreign policy crisis for the biden administration with central american migrants fleeing to the u.s. border at record numbers. more than 212,000 migrants were detained by u.s. customs and border protection in july alone. that s up 12% from june. and it s the highest number of
officials are defending the strategy to deter migrants at the u.s./mexico border even as people caught illegally trying to cross the border reaches a two-decade high. live in the texas border town of la jolla, what are you seeing? reporter: good morning, jon. problems at the mexico border has been ongoing. an unprecedented number of illegal border crossings. here in laajoiea, in july alone they apprehended nearly 212,000 people trying to cross the border illegally. about a third of those are people who tried to cross the border in the last year alone. number of unaccompanied minors is way up, about 19,000 in july
surge. we are facing a serious challenge at our southern border, and the challenges of course made more acute and more difficult because of the covid-19 pandemic. reporter: a surge in migrant traffic unseen in over two decades. an unprecedented number of migrants are escaping worsening conditions in their home countries, braving the summit of the sweltering summer heat. global temperatures in july the hottest on record. last month alone over 212,000 apprehensions were made along the border during a time of the year when numbers historically drop. the astronomical numbers were helped by repeat offenders. an estimated 27% of july crossings were made by those who tried and failed to cross in the last year due to a trump era policy that allowed authorities to turn migrants away at the border. warning they ll be denied entry or excelled not enough to deter