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Report: Nearly Half of Illegal Border Crossers Go Undetected

A leaked report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disclosed that nearly half of the foreign nationals who cross U.S. borders illegally do so undetected. The DHS had refused to release the report, completed in May, but was leaked to the Associated Press (AP).

Border Patrol Brooks County

Feds Seize Pot, Cocaine at Texas Border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized large loads of cocaine and marijuana at two separate Texas ports of entry. The drugs were being smuggled in from Mexico.

Checkpoint Prosecutions

Human Smugglers Abandon Illegal Aliens – 3 Dead, 1 Rescued

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Station saved the life of one illegal alien who was abandoned by his human smugglers and left to die. Three others were not as lucky after succumbing to the harsh conditions in the ranch fields located about 80 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border.

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