EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol Agents Blame Policy Reversals for Historic Surge in Illegal Crossings

Allowing foreigners to enter the US and be quickly released into the country is encouraging record numbers of illegal immigrants, officials contend.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents detain a camouflaged family from Mexico after they had illegally crossed the U.S.–Mexico border near Naco, Ariz., on Nov. 4, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images

Nine Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents told congressional investigators that the lack of consequences for crossing the U.S. border illegally is to blame for the historic surge of illegal immigrants pouring into the United States, according to transcript excerpts obtained by The Epoch Times.

Investigators on the House Homeland Security and Oversight committees conducted the interviews earlier this year over the course of five months. The CBP interviewees included nine supervisory and line agents assigned to duty at key border stations from California to Texas.