Concerns rise amid Border Patrol sightings in Central Valley [Video]

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — As President-elect Donald Trump is expected to take office in January, there’s concern over migrants across the state of California getting deported.

ABC News has confirmed recent US Border Patrol sightings in Kern County.

On Thursday, posts of Border Patrol sightings in Fresno and Madera Counties flooded social media, creating concern for people living in the Central Valley.

“In the past month, we’ve filed, I think, 72 asylum cases. It’s, I think, triple or quadruple what we usually file within a month,” said Anuar Arriaga-Esquivel, a legal advocate at Oasis Legal Services.

Arriaga-Esquivel says he’s received more calls from concerned clients in recent weeks.

He says the push to file more cases comes with the hope of protection from deportation.

Arriaga-Esquivel explains that depending on how a case is filed, it can take several years for a person to obtain the proper documentation to stay in the U.S.

Still, Arriaga-Esquivel …