Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector experienced an uptick in migrant apprehensions last week, encountering over 1,700 migrants, including six large groups.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Robert Danley reported on social media that his agents apprehended 1,747 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry during the past week. This number is up from the previous week’s 1,537 apprehensions, which included two large migrant groups.

Migrant apprehensions have decreased significantly over the past year. In July 2023, Del Rio Sector agents encountered 24,506 migrants, but by this July, the numbers had dropped to just over 7,200—a decrease of more than 70 percent, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas.

For the first nine months of Fiscal Year 24, starting October 1, 2023, Del Rio Sector agents encountered 222,273 migrants who illegally crossed the border, down 24 percent from the previous year’s 293,344. The decline in annual numbers is partly due to increased enforcement actions by the State of Texas and Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, which effectively shut down many main border crossing areas in the Eagle Pass, Texas, region.