More illegals caught in 2023 than last 10 years

Over 6,100 people from 76 different countries were caught illegally crossing into the United States along its northeastern border over the last 11 months alone — more than were apprehended there in the last 10 years combined, US border officials announced.

“Swanton Sector Agents are resolute and determined to hold the line,” said Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia in a series of social media posts Tuesday.

Garcia’s sector stretches nearly 300 miles across the US-Canadian border in New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

The announcement included trail-photos showing groups of migrants stealing through woods with luggage under the cover of dark.

Chief Garcia has previously issued warnings about alarming surges of illegal crossings at the border this year.

In February he issued a memo requesting a “quick turnaround” of agents be sent to his sector from the already inundated southern border, citing a nearly 850% increase in illegal crossings from the year prior since October.

He cautioned about the “strain caused by the surge” of “primarily Mexican migrants with no legal documents,” according to the memo, obtained by Fox News.

“Chief Garcia is a phenomenal agent… If he’s asking for help, we do know that we’ve got a problem up there,” said former Arizona border patrol chief Chris Clem after memo was leaked.

It is unclear how many people have been apprehended illegally crossing along other US-Canadian border sectors this year. US Customs and Border Protection did not return The Posts’ requests for updated data at the time of publication.

The alarming numbers from Garcia’s relatively small swatch of the US’ more than 5,500 mile border show the problem extends far beyond the southern border — where 91,000 people were apprehended in August — and has contributed to the dire situation in cities across the US.

Just hours before Chief Garcia released the numbers from the northeastern border, New York City Mayor Eric Adams cautioned that thousands of migrants being bussed in from the borders would “destroy” the city, and accused the White House of providing “no support” for the crisis.

“I’m gonna tell you something, New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I didn’t see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this,” Adams said at a town hall on the Upper West Side Wednesday night.

About 110,000 migrants havearrived in New York City since spring 2022.

Adams has said he expects the cost of housing migrants will cost the city more than $12 billion over three years.

Earlier this year New York tried offering migrants free bus tickets to Canada, but many were turned away at the Canadian border or stole back across the border after being dissatisfied with the opportunities there.