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The checkpoints are described as "the third layer in the Border Patrol's three-layer strategy", following "line watch" and "roving patrol" operations near the border. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2] Border Patrol agents at checkpoints have legal authority that agents do not have when patrolling areas away from the ...
As of 2017, the U.S. Border Patrol operated 17 forward operating bases—12 permanent FOBs and 5 temporary camps—along the U.S.-Mexico border.Five of the nine southwestern Border Patrol sectors—Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Big Bend, and the Rio Grande Valley—have FOBs; the remaining four—San Diego, El Centro, Del Rio, and Laredo—do not. [1]
The El Paso Paso del Norte (PDN) Port of Entry is a crossing of the United States–Mexico border, connecting the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It is among the busiest border crossings between the two countries: more than 10 million people enter the U.S. from Mexico each year at this location.
The El Paso Sector Fallen Agent Memorial, unveiled Wednesday, Jan. 24, is located at the El Paso Sector headquarters on Montana Avenue.
A new surge of Venezuelan migrants is overwhelming the Border Patrol and shelters in El Paso, where nearly 1,000 have been released near bus stations.
The U.S. Border Patrol was founded in 1924. Over the weekend, agents held a parade to celebrate the agency's centennial anniversary.
Fabens was a small border crossing ten miles east of El Paso, Texas. It opened in 1938, and closed on November 17, 2014, when the new Tornillo Port of Entry opened nearby. The Fabens-Caseta International Bridge was too small to handle commercial traffic, and local business interests pressed for an alternate route from the busy commercial ...
The city of El Paso's online migrant crisis information dashboard on Sunday reported more than 1,500 daily migrant encounters by CBP in the El Paso area along with 2,695 migrants in custody and ...