The Border at Big Bend: How Illegal Immigrants Become "Gotaways"

By Todd Bensman and Bryan Griffith on May 3, 2021

Large groups of illegal immigrants are swamping the dozen or so Border Patrol agents per shift responsible nowadays for 571 rural miles of inaccessible, mostly unwalled Rio Grande border. Statistics suggest about a 50 percent got-away rate there that could be added to apprehensions.

Read report: ‘Got-Aways’ at the Border