Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended 50 migrants following two Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) vehicle stops.
Yesterday, agents assigned to MCS responded to a call for assistance from a DPS trooper on a vehicle stop in Mission, Texas. Upon arriving on scene, agents interviewed the driver and two passengers, and determined all three individuals were illegally present in the United States. During the investigation, it was discovered that more noncitizens were at the driver’s residence in Mission, Texas. DPS requested assistance from the Mission Police Department to respond to the suspected smuggling stash house. Law enforcement authorities apprehended an additional 36 migrants at the residence. DPS seized the vehicle, took custody of the driver and charged him with human smuggling. Agents transported the 38 noncitizens to a Border Patrol facility for processing.
This morning, MCS agents, responded to a call for assistance from DPS regarding a possible human smuggling attempt in Palmview, Texas. Upon arriving, agents encountered a driver and 12 passengers in a pickup truck. An immigration inspection on the passengers revealed they were all illegally present in the United States. Agents took custody of all subjects and the vehicle was seized by DPS.
All subjects are being processed accordingly.
Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation. The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
