CBP Defends Footage of Border Patrol Agent Cutting Razor Wire to Let in Illegal Border Crossers

CBP Defends Footage of Border Patrol Agent Cutting Razor Wire to Let in Illegal Border Crossers
Texas National Guard soldiers close a section of razor wire surrounding a makeshift migrant camp as an illegal immigrant tries to return with food for his family in El Paso, Texas, on May 11, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images
Ryan Morgan
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A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) defended video footage of a U.S. Border Patrol agent cutting open a section of razor wire for an illegal immigrant family, saying that it was a necessary action to apprehend them.

On Friday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared a Twitter post showing the unidentified Border Patrol agent taking wire cutters to a spiraling line of razor wire and then pulling the wire aside to allow at least a dozen illegal immigrants to walk through.