Border Patrol Union Criticizes Feds for Broadcasting Plans for ‘Enforcement Operation’ in El Paso

Illegal immigrants wait to be processed by U.S. border agents at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 30, 2023. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been criticized by the Border Patrol union for publicly announcing that its agents and officers will be conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” in El Paso, Texas, amid the ongoing border crisis.

In a May 8 press release, CBP said the operation would begin the following day and would target immigrants who crossed the southern border illegally and were not processed for entry into the United States.