Category: Border Patrol

Capitol Report (March 30): US Could See Unprecedented Border Crossings

Border Patrol agents and the Biden administration are expecting a surge of illegal border crossings—up to 18,000 migrants every day. And this could start in hours or in days. Border state Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has just penned a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. President Joe Biden got his second booster on camera, while…


US on Track to Hit 1 Million Illegal Immigrant Encounters so Far This Year: Border Patrol

The United States is on track to reach more than 1 million illegal alien encounters so far in the fiscal year 2022, the head of the Border Patrol, Raul Ortiz, said on March 29. “Probably in the next two or three days we’ll get over a million encounters or apprehensions along the southwest border,” Ortiz said at the…


Border Patrol Agents Seize $300K Worth of Meth, Fentanyl

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of smuggling nearly $300,000 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl through an immigration checkpoint, early on March 11 near Salton City, Calif. The man was arrested with more than 60 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of about $216,000 and about five pounds of fentanyl worth…


Smuggler Sentenced to Prison for Ramming 4 Border Patrol Agents With Car

SAN DIEGO—A man who injured several Border Patrol agents by ramming their vehicles on a state highway near Jamul while he was smuggling 10 migrants has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison, prosecutors said on Feb. 9. Juan Francisco Sanchez-Campos, 24, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty to speeding through a Border Patrol…


Border Patrol Agents Dissatisfied With Biden Administration’s Response to Border Crisis

Border Patrol agents confronted top Biden administration officials over policies governing immigration enforcement in two recent meetings, according to leaked audio and video. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz met with agents in the Yuma, Arizona border sector on Jan. 26 and found many dissatisfied with the policies, according to…


Capitol Report (Jan. 25): Wages Can’t Keep Pace With Inflation

As tensions rise, the White House is taking new action to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. The plan aims to control exports and to protect from a gas supply shortage in Europe. And this conflict could cause higher energy costs and prolonged inflation, warns the International Monetary Fund. Border Patrol in southern Texas is reporting…


Border Patrol Reports 1,066 Percent Increase in Fentanyl Seized in South Texas

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a 1,066 percent increase in fentanyl seized in south Texas ports during fiscal year 2021. Border agents at eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to Del Rio said that between Oct. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021, they seized 87,652 pounds of narcotics that would have commanded a combined…


Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz Tests Positive for COVID-19 Shortly Before Getting Booster Shot

Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz revealed on Wednesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before he was set to receive his booster shot, and urged people to get vaccinated. “Earlier today I was set to receive my Booster but was feeling symptomatic and took a #COVID test. I tested positive and am self-isolating, hopeful to…


Biden Administration Takes Down Post on ‘Potential Terrorist’ Apprehended at Southern Border

President Joe Biden’s administration has deleted a social media post that informed the public that a “potential terrorist” was apprehended this month at the U.S.–Mexico border. Chris Clem, a top Border Patrol agent, posted pictures on Twitter last week showing the man who was apprehended. Clem included the man’s age, 21, his country of origin,…


Border Patrol Pursuit Ends in Crash That Leaves 13 Injured

SAN DIEGO—A driver is in custody Dec. 8 after 12 passengers in a pickup truck being pursued by Border Patrol agents were injured in “a mass casualty incident” on Interstate 8 in East County, San Deigo, authorities said. At 6:12 p.m. Tuesday, Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a black Chevrolet Silverado on Interstate-8…