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Tucson no longer busiest region on the U.S.-Mexico border

Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.
Danyelle Khmara/AZPM
Border Patrol agents apprehend migrants outside of Sasabe, Arizona, in July 2024.

Border Patrol apprehended nearly 12,000 people in Arizona’s Tucson Sector in August, up slightly from July. But that number is still a far cry from the record high of December, which surpassed 80,000.

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