SAN DIEGO: "Tijuana’s Fire Department is reporting a thirty to forty percent increase in the number of people trying to swim around the section of border barrier that extends into the ocean south of Imperial Beach, California. And it says smugglers are using the low tides to get more migrants to walk and float around the fence including babies.

“There has been a steady climb in the numbers. They vary day to day. You could have one on one day and then ten the next,” said Rafael Carrillo Venegas, Tijuana’s fire chief. And Carrillo Venegas said they are noticing more “mass crossings of migrants at one time.” A mass crossing is described as three or more persons.

“We have seen groups of up to forty migrants. They are all looking for inflatables or something to keep them afloat as they get to the beach, even babies,” Carrillo Venegas said. “During low tide, they can walk most of the way and then swim a bit until they reach the coast in the United States.”

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