Apprehensions of migrants by Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico jumped 140 percent in November over the previous year. Agents apprehended nearly 166,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry during November — more than the three previous Novembers combined.
Border Patrol agents along the southwest continue to arrest migrants with criminal histories including sex offenders, fugitives, and members of violent gangs.
Yuma Sector staffing reports leaked to Townhall.com reveal most Border Patrol agents within the sector are performing duties related to processing, migrant transport, and providing humanitarian care versus performing enforcement patrols along the Mexican border.
Federal law enforcement officials arrested an Eagle Pass, Texas, police detective on charges related to her alleged participation in a conspiracy to harbor migrants. FBI agents executed search and arrest warrants at the home of the detective.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 100 migrants packed into trains and a box truck over the past week. The human smugglers packed the migrants in dangerous and inhumane situations in attempts to move them into the U.S. interior.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted an uncommon human smuggling tactic when they found a group of migrants packed into a hearse. The agents found the six migrants wearing camouflage lying in the rear of the vehicle.
Border Patrol agents in two Texas-based sectors rescued 90 migrants from human smuggling stash houses located in border communities.
Two people died in a crash as an alleged human smuggler led law enforcement officials on a high-speed pursuit. The driver, a U.S. citizen, reportedly ran a stop sign and broadsided a vehicle not involved in the pursuit.
A group of 20 Cuban migrants crossed the Rio Grande in the heart of downtown Eagle Pass, Texas, intent on crossing through the recently installed shipping container border barrier. A Breitbart Texas video shows the group crossing the river and entering the United States illegally on Saturday.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 2,000 migrants in two days. The surge of migrants comes as the Biden administration continues to release thousands into the U.S. interior and warehouse them in overcrowded detention facilities that exceed COVID-19
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents are witnessing an increase in the number of encounters with armed human smugglers. Agents in this sector made three such encounters in the past few days.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a severely dehydrated two-year-old migrant child after her mother brought her illegally into the United States from Mexico. The child required transportation to a hospital after emergency medical services were performed in the field.
“The Biden administration should be charged with murder,” Rep. Greg Murphy said in relation to drug overdose deaths and open-border politics.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of migrants hidden inside an RV travel trailer that was loaded by smugglers on a flatbed trailer. The tactic placed the migrants stashed inside the trailer in grave danger of being killed or seriously injured in the event of a crash.
A Del Rio Sector Border Patrol riverine unit rescued three migrants from the swiftly moving currents of the Rio Grande in dangerous conditions.
A wave of migrants swarmed the southwest border from Arizona to Texas as the Biden administration prepares to restart former President Donald Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocol. The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 20,000 migrants since Friday. The source believes the migrants are rushing the border to avoid being subjected to the “Remain in Mexico” program for asylum seekers being implemented this week by Biden administration officials.
Deer hunters happened upon the gruesome sight of decomposing human remains as they moved through a remote desert region in West Texas on Sunday. The hunters summoned Culberson County Sheriff’s Office from Van Horn, Texas, after discovering the badly decomposed human remains lying on the desert floor.
Border Patrol agents estimate more than 100,000 known migrant got-aways since the fiscal year began in October. A source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the agency recorded 47,500 got-a-ways during the month of October. That is followed by an additional 52,000 got-aways in November. The source believes the increase in November means more than 600,000 migrant got-aways will be recorded this fiscal year if the trend continues.
A human smuggler attempting to avoid arrest dragged a Salvadoran migrant as Border Patrol agents attempted a traffic stop. The driver and other migrants fled successfully into the brush as the agents attended to the injured migrant.
Border Patrol agents are arresting large numbers of Venezuelan migrants at a greater frequency than in past years. The large, mostly Venezuelan migrant groups that at one time almost exclusively entered through the Del Rio, Texas, are now spreading across the southwest border from San Diego, California, to Brownsville, Texas. The groups of predominantly Venezuelans are even crossing into the most remote regions of the border in West Texas.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found nearly 70 migrants locked inside two vacuum tanker trucks in separate incidents. The human smuggling attempts failed when Border Patrol K-9s detected human cargo in the tankers at an immigration checkpoint near Freer, Texas.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with Mexican law enforcement to arrest and prosecute human smugglers who cut border fences in New Mexico. The initiative is designed to create consequences for breaching border barriers.
Alpine Station Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of migrants in the Big Bend National Park in far West Texas on December 1. The agents apprehended more than 70 migrants from Venezuala in the vast wilderness region.
The number of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents remains at record levels as November apprehensions slightly exceeded last month’s totals. A source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed information showing the apprehension of more than 160,000 migrants by Border Patrol agents in November.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend migrants from a multitude of nations who cross the border illegally from Mexico into Texas. Recent apprehensions include migrants from what Border Patrol classifies as “special interest” nations including East African, Middle Eastern, and Asian nations.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a Pakistani migrant who broke his leg while illegally crossing from Mexico into California. The injury occurred when the migrant fell from a border wall section.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of migrants abandoned in the Arizona desert over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The group of 166 migrants included more than 70 unaccompanied migrant children between the ages of eight and 17 years.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended multiple groups of migrants marching through the wilderness over the holiday weekend. In one incident, agents from the Alpine Station found a group of 50 migrants in the Big Bend National Park.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents recovered nearly 100 migrants from a locked tractor-trailer rig at an immigration checkpoint between the Mexican border and San Antonio. The agents made the discovery after a K-9 alerted to the possible presence of drug or human cargo in the trailer.
Border Patrol agents in Del Rio apprehended more than 250 migrants crossing the Rio Grande in a single group. The group, according to a source within Customs and Border Protection (CBP) crossed the river into the United States on Sunday near the Del Rio International Bridge where more than 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants were held in a makeshift detention camp in September.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found two groups of migrants locked inside tractor-trailer rigs near the Texas border with Mexico.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested Juan Ramon Barron-Casillas shortly after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico last week. After further investigation, agents discovered Barron’s criminal past included a conviction in Texas for second-degree murder and a conviction for tampering with human remains.
A migrant armed with a pistol and other weapons assaulted an El Centro Sector Border Patrol agent. At one point, the migrant attempted to wield a machete.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents utilized drone technology to help in the apprehension of eight migrants attempting to make their way into the U.S. interior. The agents apprehended the migrants in south Laredo near a busy highway.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1,500 migrants over the past weekend. Officials say many of the large groups are making the dangerous river crossing at night.
Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector found two small children along the Rio Grande.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents and Mexican officials teamed up to disrupt a transnational smuggling operation. The investigation led to the arrest of smugglers and migrants on both sides of the California-Mexico border. Between October 28 and November 9,
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 230 migrants in a series of interdicted human smuggling incidents near the Texas-Mexico border. The apprehensions took place since last Friday in 39 highway smuggling incidents.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 77 migrants in human smuggling stash-house raids. The agents found migrants packed in three separate houses just north of the Rio Grande.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a five-year-old girl after human smugglers abandoned her on an island in the Rio Grande. Video released by Border Patrol shows marine unit agents reuniting the girl with her mother.
