U.S. Border Patrol Agent Christina Smallwood, a spokeswoman for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, shows hundreds, if not thousands, of wristbands that are given to smuggled migrants on Feb. 26 ...

Officials with the U.S. Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector took Border Report to the spot where discarded wristbands ...

Joel Martinez has been named deputy chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector. Martinez replaces Austin L. Skero II, who took over as chief patrol agent in the Laredo Sector ...

Illegal migrant crossings from Mexico into South Texas are at historic lows, according to Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol officials who took Border Report on a ride along early Wednesday, Feb. 26, ...

Illegal migrant crossings from Mexico into South Texas are at historic lows, according to Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol officials who took Border Report on a ride along early Wednesday ...

The most, 6,397, occurred in the San Diego Sector. The Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector reported the second-most encounters with 5,965, and the El Paso Sector was third with 4,871 ...

Martinez previously served as deputy chief patrol agent of the Rio Grande Valley Sector. Martinez joined the Border Patrol in 1992 at the Laredo South Station in the Laredo Sector. He previously ...

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Christina Smallwood, a spokeswoman for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, shows hundreds, if not thousands, of wristbands that are given to smuggled migrants on Feb. 26, 202, near ...

(NewsNation) — Border Patrol agents in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley sector are ramping up efforts to dismantle smuggling operations. Human smugglers are becoming more sophisticated, agents said, using ...

Cartel human smuggling operations have shown no signs of slowing down, border officials say, despite significant decreases in ...