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When \u201c60 Minutes\u201d calls the situation at the border \u201cunprecedented,\u201d you know it has to be bad.<\/p>\n
A shocking video shot at an unofficial crossing point near San Diego by the CBS show\u2019s crew illustrated how easy it is for migrants to enter the country through a gap in the fence that borders private property.<\/p>\n
The \u201c60 Minutes\u201d segment focused on Chinese<\/a> citizens entering the U.S. illegally as part of a larger trend of border breaches, with Customs and Border Protection reporting apprehensions of 2.5 million illegal immigrants in the last year.<\/p>\n It was obvious from the reporting that even CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi was taken aback by what she saw.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were surprised to see the number of people coming through from China \u2014 nearly 7,000 miles away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Trending:<\/p>\n The \u201c60 Minutes\u201d crew witnessed the organized and routine nature of these crossings happening right before their eyes.<\/p>\n Groups of around 20 Chinese migrants would arrive every 30 minutes in SUVs driven by smugglers<\/a>. The migrants would then walk single-file through the gap in the fence, ducking under a bit of razor wire.<\/p>\n At one point, Alfonsi helped an illegal migrant, pointing out a hazard as she entered the country.<\/p>\n An armed Border Patrol agent stood just 25 feet away but did nothing to deter the illegals from crossing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n