Border Patrol agents arrested a group of 11 Iranian citizens who illegally crossed the border
Yuma Sector BP Agents Arrest Group of Iranians
Release Date: February 3, 2021
YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a group of 11 Iranian citizens who illegally crossed the border into the United States Monday evening.
At approximately 6 p.m., BP agents encountered the group near San Luis, Arizona, on a bridge near County 21st Street and the Salinity Canal. Agents determined the group had illegally crossed the international border into the U.S. The group was arrested and taken to Yuma Station for processing. The five females and six males are were all from Iran, a Special Interest Country.
Yuma Sector agents regularly encounter people from all over the world, including Special Interest Countries. Agents adjudicate each arrest in accordance with law and policy in order to secure our nation’s borders.
For the last two fiscal years, Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents have led the nation in apprehending illegal crossers from Iran. Yuma Sector agents apprehended eight Iranian nationals in FY2020, compared to just 14 from all other border patrol sectors combined. So far in FY2021, Yuma Sector agents have apprehend 14 nationals from Iran.
3 February CBP were arresting illegal aliens under current rules.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol arrested a group of seven Mexican citizens that illegally crossed the border into the United States Wednesday evening.
On Feb. 3, at approximately 10:50 p.m., agents assigned to the Wellton Border Patrol Station attempted to stop a gold 2007 Toyota Highlander traveling eastbound along Interstate 8. The vehicle finally came to a stop near mile marker 109 and all seven occupants bailed out of the vehicle and ran into nearby fields.
Agents were able to apprehend all seven occupants utilizing infra-red camera technology and seized the vehicle. The vehicle occupants were all found to be adult Mexican males and were transported to Yuma Station for processing and returned to Mexico.
Illegal crossers who attempt to flee in this manner not only place themselves in danger, they represent an increased safety hazard to the traveling public and the agents responsible for apprehending them.
2020 was a busy year but 2021 may take on different duties for the CPB as Biden orders taking down of the wall, reuniting families, giving vaccinations to illegals and allow immigration to flow.
2020 Busting bad guys has economic impact as well as stopping trafficking of people and stopping suspected terrorists.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists at Laredo Field Office ports of entry processed more than $180.9 billion in imports and millions of vehicles, pedestrians and commercial trucks during Fiscal Year 2020.
“Amid a global pandemic with COVID-19 and travel restrictions enacted for public health reasons to limit cross-border virus spread, we saw reductions in passenger traffic but our commercial volumes continued to keep steady in FY 2020,” said Director, Field Operations Randy J. Howe, Laredo Field Office. “Our frontline officers remain resolute in carrying out our border security mission while working diligently to safely facilitate lawful trade and travel and protect the revenue.”
At Laredo Field Office’s eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to Del Rio in Fiscal Year 2020, CBP officers processed a total of 3.5 million commercial trucks that hauled commercial shipments worth $180.9 billion in total import value. CBP officers also processed 15.1 million privately-owned vehicles, down 26 percent from FY 2019, 7.8 million pedestrians, down 32 percent and 45,893 commercial buses.
CBP agriculture specialists conducted inspections in passenger and commercial environments and submitted more than 8,500 pest interceptions in FY 2020.