Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents saved the life of a migrant suffering heat distress on a ranch in West Texas. EMT-trained agents provided life-saving assistance and revived the nearly unconscious man.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders state police and National Guardsmen to return migrants apprehended after illegal border crossings to the border. The announcement follows news of approximately 5,000 migrants being apprehended in Texas over the Independence Day weekend.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley and Del Rio Sectors arrested five criminal gang members and two deported sex offenders over the Independence Day weekend.
While American families gathered to celebrate Independence Day weekend, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 5,000 migrants. Another 1,000 eluded custody.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told Fox News that the state is being invaded, which gives the state the power to remove migrants from the country. He said the Constitution gives Texas the “power to put hands on people and send them back.”
BRACKETTEVILLE, Texas — Kinney County, Texas, declared the “existence of an ‘invasion'” along the Texas border with Mexico. The declaration calls on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to also “acknowledge the existence of an invasion on our border with Mexico.” Five other counties spoke in support of Kinney County’s declaration.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended yet another very large group of migrants, numbering more than 350, Tuesday afternoon.
Border Patrol agents in the nation’s two busiest sectors continue to be overwhelmed by large migrant groups crossing from Mexico into South Texas. Human smugglers utilize the tactic of moving large groups of migrants across the border to tie up Border Patrol resources.
Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 192,000 migrants who illegally crossed from Mexico in June, according to government records previewed by Breitbart Texas. Since March 1, agents apprehended more than 830,000 migrants in the nine southwest border sectors.
A migrant jumped out of a human smuggler’s vehicle and ran into passing traffic on a highway in South Texas. A passing motorist struck the migrant, killing him instantly.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 1,772 migrants after they crossed the Rio Grande in a single day in Eagle Pass. The steady stream of migrants apprehended after crossing the river included one group numbering more than 500. On Thursday, the number of apprehensions exceeded any other single day total for the city according to the source.
A Texas woman is in jail after allegedly forcing migrants to remain in her home while she made them work to pay off debts owed to human smugglers. The incident came to light as one of the migrants attempted to escape from her home.
For the second time in less than 24 hours, migrants are dead following a crash as smugglers attempted to avoid arrest. Texas Department of Public Safety officials report that four migrants died and two others are in critical condition when a Jeep driven by a suspected human smuggler crashed into a tractor-trailer while fleeing from law enforcement. Officials report the driver is in critical condition (brain dead).
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Department of Public Safety to begin inspections of commercial trucks to prevent their utilization as human smuggling vehicles. The move follows the deaths of 53 migrants this week who were locked inside a tractor-trailer rig in San Antonio.
Two people are dead following a police pursuit that is reportedly connected to a failed human smuggling attempt. One reportedly died at the scene while the second died in a hospital.
Officials in Brooks County, Texas, recovered the bodies and skeletal remains of 55 migrants so far this year attempting to circumvent an interior border checkpoint. Brooks County is located approximately 80 miles inland from the Texas border with Mexico.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report that two migrants died over the weekend while attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. Agents also apprehended nearly 3,000 migrants while more than 1,000 more avoided apprehension.
Police near San Antonio report that 46 migrants are dead and at least 16 others were transported to local hospitals after being locked inside a tractor-trailer. A worder found the tractor-trailer on the southwest side of San Antonio on a back road near Interstate 35.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Breitbart Texas observed members of the Texas National Guard launching Zodiac river boats onto the Rio Grande in support of Operation Lone Star. The soldiers on the boats conduct reconnaissance and interdiction missions along the river.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant with a severe leg injury in southeastern Arizona. This is one of a record number of migrant rescues carried out by Border Patrol agents along the entire southwest border with Mexico.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents and CBP aircrews teamed up to apprehend multiple camo-wearing migrant groups attempting to sneak into the U.S. interior.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 500 migrants in three large groups in recent days. These included nearly 150 unaccompanied children.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a group of 80 migrants locked inside a tractor-trailer by a human smuggler. The agents found the migrants during an inspection at an interior immigration checkpoint in Texas.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents encountered multiple large migrant groups illegally crossing the border from Mexico into Texas. The groups totaled more than 500 migrants including 146 unaccompanied migrant children.
Texas National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector spent Father’s Day apprehending and processing a group of more than 400 migrants. The gigantic group of migrants crossing near Normandy, Texas, continued to grow in size on Sunday morning.
Officials report that Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 1,800 migrants in a 48-hour period ending Saturday afternoon. The apprehensions made the sector the busiest in the nation on that day.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1,600 migrants in a 14-hour period on Wednesday, according to Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens. By the end of the day, that number climbed to nearly 1,900 migrants.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children being trafficked across the Texas-Mexico border. The sector is already overwhelmed with record-level large migrant group crossings.
Del Rio Sector agents apprehended another large group of migrants late Wednesday morning. The group of more than 300 being apprehended as this article goes to press adds to the more than 400 apprehended earlier in the morning.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents revealed to Breitbart Texas that record-amount migrant groups are moving across the Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas. A group of more than 300 crossed Tuesday night followed by an even larger one exceeding 400 on Wednesday. Migrants say the group sizes will continue to swell into the week.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents saved the lives of 18 migrants who nearly drowned while crossing the Rio Grande. The rescues took place in two locations along the Texas border.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents tracked down 30 migrants attempting to make their way into the U.S. interior. They wore camouflage and were hiding in brush near Van Horn, Texas.
Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based sectors apprehended nearly 138,000 migrants in May, according to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection. This is up by approximately 10,000 over the previous month. If the migrants apprehended in the Texas-based sectors were put into a brand new city, it would be the 25th largest city in Texas by population — greater than Waco.
Border Patrol agents in the remote Big Bend Sector apprehended a migrant attempting to conceal himself after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into Texas. The agents later identified the man as a Pakistani national.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of migrants packed in a dump trailer. One of the migrants died in the smuggling incident.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol and ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents teamed up to rescue a one-year-old child after human smugglers kidnapped the child. The child is reunited with her mother who was also in Border Patrol custody.
A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter aircrew assisted in the rescue of a migrant man and woman who had been abandoned in the Big Bend region desert near Sierra Blanca. The aircrew responded to the area after hearing radio traffic regarding the lost migrants.
La Salle County Sheriff deputies responded to frantic 911 calls from migrants being smuggled in a semi-tractor trailer near Encinal, Texas, on Friday. Dispatchers could hear screams from migrants trapped inside the closed trailer traveling north and away from the border on Interstate 35. When the vehicle was encountered, two migrants were dead and 111 were apprehended after an exhaustive search.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents encountered three large groups of migrants who illegally crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas during a 40-hour period. The large groups continue to tie up Border Patrol resources as they have to assess, transport and care for the migrants.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 4,000 migrants over the Memorial Day Weekend. In addition, more than 1,600 migrants avoided apprehension and made their way into the United States.
