Border Patrol Stretched Too Thin: 17 Agents for 53 Miles

Border Patrol Stretched Too Thin: 17 Agents for 53 Miles
Brandon Judd, president, National Border Patrol Council, testifies at a House Subcommittee on National Security hearing on April 12, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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WASHINGTON—At any given time, at the busiest border station in the country, only around 17 Border Patrol agents are deployed to patrol a 53-mile border, according to Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council.
The McAllen Border Patrol Station, located in southeast Texas, patrols 53 miles of the Mexican border along the winding Rio Grande. The station is one of more than 150 border stations in the country.
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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