BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nearly 400 migrants burrowed under a fence on the US-Mexico border earlier this week and crossed into the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. US Border Patrol officers stationed in the Yuma, Arizona, sector took about 375 migrants into custody on Monday after they had made it into the United States, one US official said, calling it an unusually large apprehension. It was not immediately clear if the migrants voluntarily surrendered to Border Patrol officials or if they were caught after attempting to evade authorities. The ‘vast majority’ of the group were family members arriving from Guatemala, said National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, who was in contact with a Border Patrol agent involved in the incident in Yuma…There are often groups of 20 to 30 people, sometimes as large as 100, apprehended in the Yuma area, according to a Customs and Border Protection official. A Customs and Border Protection agency spokesperson declined to comment.”
–Jeremy Diamond and Geneva Sands, “Nearly 400 migrants detained after crossing under fence into US,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, January 17, 2019 11:02 pm