Agents with the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) patrolling the Mexico-Texas border made their biggest apprehension when they came across 170 undocumented immigrants.

The latest wave of migrants, including families and unaccompanied children, looking to sneak into the United States, were allegedly abandoned by criminal organizations that specialize in smuggling.

The stranded immigrants approached the U.S. Border Patrol agents near the McAllen, Texas border entry shortly after midnight Tuesday and turned themselves in, according to the immigration agency's official press release.

According to previous CBP press releases, it was the biggest apprehension of undocumented immigrants in a single day.

Agents with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency arrested 170 undocumented immigrants that were stranded and sought help Tuesday near the McAllen, Texas border entry

Images from the CBP show some of the 170 undocumented families and unaccompanied minors that were apprehended after they sought help near the McAllen, Texas border entry

Border Patrol agents were surprised Tuesday after midnight when they were approached by 170 undocumented immigrants seeking assistance near the Mexico-Texas border

The outnumbered agents were forced to call for backup from neighboring stations in Hidalgo and Mission, Texas, to manage the flow.

The unexpected arrival of the immigrants seeking asylum instantly created a pocket big enough along the Rio Grande Valley corridor for other human trafficking operators to take advantage of.

'As agents prepared the group for transport, the criminal organizations took advantage of the limited resources and simultaneously attempted to smuggle multiple other groups whom actively attempted to evade apprehension,' the U.S. Border and Protection agency stated.

The DailyMail.com reached out to the United States Customs and Border Protection agency for comment.

According to The Brownsville Herald, as of August, the CBP date reveled that 7,100 family units and 2,200 unaccompanied minors had been detained, an increase from the 5,200 and 1,900 that were respectively apprehended in July.

Most of the migrants apprehended Tuesday were from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Tuesday's startling events came one days after CBP officers from the Rio Grande Valley Sector and deputies from the Hidalgo County Constables Office (HCCO), Precinct 4, were successful in securing the apprehension of 22 undocumented immigrants inside a stash house in Edinburg, Texas.

The foreign nationals that were discovered emigrated from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

A joint operation between border agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector and Hidalgo County Constables Office (HCCO), Precinct 4, discovered a stash house with 22 immigrants