Border Patrol Stretched Too Thin: 17 Agents for 53 Miles

National Border Patrol Council president identifies huge gaps on southwest border

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

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.