Cochise County Sheriff’s Crime Prevention Team and Border Patrol (Credit: NewsNation)
(NewsNation) — While the Biden administration has celebrated a decline in migrant encounters at the border since the end of Title 42, it is business as usual for the cartels when it comes to communities hard-hit by smuggling.
The Tucson area, which is spearheading escapes and fentanyl seizures across the nation, is home to Cochise County, and New Nation has entered the county with the Sheriff’s Criminal Interdiction Team (CIT) to help law enforcement efforts to crack down on drug and human smuggling. was directly observed. on the southern border.
Cochise County Sheriff’s Deputy Cody Essey said, “We’re not seeing delays. We’re not slowing down. The cartels in the South are still operating as normal.”
During the ride, Cochise County Sheriff’s CIT and Border Patrol agents pulled over a vehicle loaded with luggage, and the Tucson-based driver heard from a friend that he could make so-called easy money. He was arrested while escorting two men from Mexico who said they were going to Phoenix, Arizona to meet friends of his for work.
Also, while the number of migrants crossing ports of entry to turn themselves in to border guards is declining, numbers are rising in border areas dealing with human and drug smuggling.
In April, the CIT was involved in 13 chases and 26 smuggling cases, resulting in the arrest of 214 illegal immigrants.
However, as the number of encounters declined in May, the number of tracks nearly tripled. CIT said he was involved in 36 chases and 32 smuggling cases and arrested 272 illegal immigrants.
“Hearing reports from our federal government and our federal partners that they have no problems or that they have been fixed is very disappointing given all the work we do here.” said Essay.
And while the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department is doing everything in its power to stop unprocessed immigrants from moving illegally into the country, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has stopped them from even reaching the mainland United States. Trying to.
The governor announced the deployment of a sea defense wall to be installed in the middle of the Rio Grande to prevent crossings. The governor said he would start 1,000 feet from Buoy Barrier on Eagle Pass.
Officials confirmed to NewsNation that the barrier had been under construction since January.
The maritime barrier was put up as 14 Republican states sent their National Guard to Texas as a show of force.
More than 1.5 million illegal immigrants entered the country under the Biden administration and successfully evaded law enforcement, according to people familiar with the matter.
