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Border Patrol agents witnessed a 378 percent increase in the number of migrants families in October compared to the same month in 2017.

Soldiers with the California National Guard teamed up with Border Patrol agents to seize nearly a quarter-million dollars in methamphetamine. The guardsmen are assigned to assist Border Patrol agents with non-immigration enforcement activities as part of Operation Guardian Support.

The San Diego Sector Border Patrol announced the arrival of 108 California National Guardsmen. The troops were deployed to support President Donald Trump’s Operation Guardian effort to provide additional security along the southwestern border with Mexico.

A human rights group is reporting that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have begun processing asylum requests from “caravan migrants.” The group claims officials have processed eight people seeking asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

Dozens of “caravan migrants” camped out near the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Sunday night after being turned back by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). U.S. officials told the migrants their processing facilities were full and they would let them know when they could cross at a later date.

Busloads of “caravan migrants” arrived in Tijuana on Tuesday evening. An organizer says they plan to “regroup” before making a decision on when, if, or where to cross the U.S. border.

Several reports indicate that the fragments of the “migrant caravan” are now arriving south of the U.S. border with Mexico. Border Patrol officials in California and Arizona said they have not seen any illegal border crossings between ports of entry this week.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Mexican national living in the U.S. under DACA protection on charges of human smuggling. The alleged incident occurred in the Texas border town of Laredo on Wednesday.

Border Patrol agents stopped a DREAMer from allegedly attempting to flee the country to avoid prosecution. Agents working in Southern Arizona and California also stopped two previously deported criminal aliens with histories of violence and sexual offenses from re-entering the U.S.

A Border Patrol agent patrolling the border on an ATV was hospitalized after being assaulted with a large rock. The attack occurred a few miles east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a known human smuggling area.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent is hospitalized following an incident where an illegal immigrant allegedly ran a checkpoint, striking the agent with a steel roadway sign. The illegal alien sped through the checkpoint and fled to apparently avoid inspection. Two others were in the car.

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) signed a waiver of environmental regulations on Tuesday to allow construction of upgrades to the border wall and new wall prototype projects to break ground.

Border Patrol agents in southern California seized 75 bundles of methamphetamine from a smuggler driving a “Smart Car”.

Border Patrol agents in Los Angeles arrested seven foreign nationals believed to be associated with a “cross –border narcotics smuggling organization.” The arrests follow a prior bust in April where officials seized 33 pounds of cocaine and $630,000 in cash.

A report from the Department of Homeland Security stated south Texas border communities may be the first to receive sections of President Donald Trump’s planned wall.

Three U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the San Diego Sector came under assault in separate incidents on Wednesday evening. These attacks add to the already alarming increase in attacks.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a human smuggler in southern California for smuggling four Chinese nationals in the trunk of his car.

More than 1,000 migrants were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a 3-month operation targeting Otay Mountain in southern California.

Border Patrol agents in southern California seized nearly $300,000 in “illicit cash” from a suspected smuggler headed south.

Border Patrol agents in southern California stopped three vehicles carrying “human contraband.”

Border Patrol agents arrested a previously-deported criminal gang member after the man illegally climbed a border fence to re-enter the U.S. in California.

The reassignment of U.S. Border Patrol agents to the Rio Grande Valley Sector announced on Saturday will leave other areas of the border less secure. Agents are being reallocated to assist with a growing surge of immigrants from Mexico and Central America.

The number of illegal immigrants from Haiti entering the United States increased more than 600 percent during FY2016. The dramatic increase seems to account for a decision last month by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to resume removals (deportations) of Haitian immigrants.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern California arrested a previously convicted and deported killer shortly after he illegal re-entered the country from Mexico.

U.S. Border Patrol agents working near the West Calexico Port of Entry arrested a Honduran national who had previously been deported as a member of the hyper-violent MS-13 transnational gang.

Border Patrol Agents stopped millions of dollars’ worth of drugs from Mexico to the streets of California last week.

U.S. Border Patrol agents successfully captured a Mexican national who was previously convicted of child molestation after crossing the border with other illegal immigrants in southern California.

Federal officers stopped a human smuggling attempt after discovering a Chinese man being brought into the U.S. inside a pickup truck gas tank.

U.S. Border Patrol officials in southern California reported successful results from a new aggressive enforcement campaign targeting East County. The first four months of Campaign Eastern Front (CEF) resulted in the arrests of human smugglers and a large number of illegal aliens, along with the seizure of drug shipments.

An illegal alien wanted for an alleged rape in the state of Washington was arrested in southern California. The man had reportedly entered the U.S. from Mexico with nearly $1 million worth of drugs hidden in his truck.

Total apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the southwest border are up in March by twenty-eight percent above February. Of the overall total of 33,335 total captures on the southwest border in March, over 4,200 were unaccompanied alien children (UACs).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working a cargo facility on the Mexican border in southern California seized over seven tons of marijuana. The seizure came in spite of the legalization of the drug in that western state.

Border Patrol agents in southern California seized over $1.2 million in cocaine following a vehicle stop near an inland checkpoint.

A man caught smuggling fourteen illegal aliens into southern California struck a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the face with a rock. He then managed to escape back into Mexico.