Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief discusses record-breaking 2022
Chief Clem says the nightly routine of apprehensions and processing makes their border security mission more difficult.
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Friday brings end to historic year at Yuma’s border
September 30th is the last day of what has been a very busy year at the border in the Yuma Sector.
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Yuma CBP hits 300,000 apprehensions in last year
In September Yuma’s sector chief has reported at least 18,000 migrant arrests by local agents.
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Federal judge asked to mandate psychological tests for migrants separated from families
The Justice Department is calling on a federal judge to make psychological tests mandatory for some migrant families separated at the southern border.
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Over $2 million of narcotics seized over the weekend
Over the weekend, the El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a U.S. citizen and three Mexican natives accused of smuggling narcotics.
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Border Patrol agents seize cloned Border Patrol vehicle
On Sunday, September 25, El Centro Border Patrol (BP) agents arrested a U.S. citizen and seized a cloned BP vehicle.
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Legal action pending for Republican officials who have shipped migrants to other cities
Courts might end up deciding the latest dispute over migrants in the United States in the midst of some Republican governors sending them to more liberal jurisdictions.
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Yuma apprehensions could top 300,000 this year
The August statistics are the first numbers reported by Customs and Border Protectioin with shipping containers in Yuma’s wall gaps.
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New York City Mayor migrant crisis comments
New York City mayor Eric Adams was asked this morning about the influx of migrants into the city.
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Large migrant groups continue crossing into Yuma
Late night and early morning crossings into the Yuma Sector continue non-stop.
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Man charged for assaulting a Border Patrol agent
A 20-year-old man was arrested for assaulting a Border Patrol agent with a weapon on September 11 and was charged by criminal complaint on September 13.
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Florida flies migrants to ‘sanctuary’ of Martha’s Vineyard
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration’s failed border policies.
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Local non-profit works to ease local border crisis
In Somerton, Arizona, hundreds of migrants come to the Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) every day.
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Rep. Grijalva co-leads letter urging CBP to publish timeline for vehicle pursuit reforms
On Tuesday, September 13, Arizona Representative Raúl Grijalva co-led a letter with Texas Representative Veronica Escobar to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus and Deputy Commissioner Troy Miller.
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Blake Masters visits Yuma with less than two months until midterms
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters visited Yuma Wednesday, September 14.
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Arizona Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh tours the Yuma sector border
Arizona Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh toured the Yuma sector border Monday morning.
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Governor Ducey and GOP nominee Kari Lake discuss border in visits to Yuma
Arizona’s Republican governor and the Republican gubernatorial hopeful for 2022 both visited Yuma this week.
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Governor Ducey returns to Yuma, tours border
The visit comes two weeks since the state completed their project of putting shipping containers in Yuma’s wall gaps.
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A record number of migrants have died crossing the US-Mexico border
Nearly 750 migrants have died at the southern border this fiscal year, a record that surpasses last year’s total by more than 200 people, according to Department of Homeland Security figures shared with CNN.
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‘Tale of two borders’: Mexicans not seen at busy crossings
As hundreds of migrants line up along an Arizona border wall around 4 a.m., agents try to separate them into groups by nationality.
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