Overview
- Customs and Border Protection confirmed it reassigned personnel to the Laredo, Texas sector to reinforce security during a rise in unlawful crossings and evasions.
- At least 200 agents from other sectors are rotating in on 30-day volunteer deployments, according to anonymous DHS and Border Patrol sources cited by The Daily Wire.
- The exact number of people evading capture in Laredo is not public, and DHS has not released local figures to reporters.
- Agents detect would-be entrants using ground sensors and surveillance cameras, which can miss people and make gotaway counts an estimate rather than a full tally.
- Northern-border personnel say staffing limits make it hard to volunteer for Laredo because their posts must still watch for smuggling from Canada, while a House committee has cited more than 2 million known gotaways during the Biden administration.