A New Mexico superintendent called two incidents involving illegal migrants blending in among middle school children “concerning.”
Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border have increased annually under the Biden administration, totaling about 126,000 in fiscal year 2021 before climbing to about 144,000 and 171,000 in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, respectively, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.
New Mexico illegal immigration numbers totaled about 44,500 between October and February of the current fiscal year. Numbers nearly hit 11,600 in February, an increase of more than 3,000 from January and the highest month since October 1.
Gadsden Superintendent Travis Dempsey said that the two incidents occurred at Santa Teresa Middle School within a week of one another. The first incident happened on March 20, and again on Wednesday—the latter prompting the campus to enter “secure mode” for a 20-minute period and…
