San Antonio Express-News – Illegal border crossings have soared in the Rio Grande Valley sector and on pace to exceed record total of 110,528 last seen in 2006.
The agency’s McAllen station, which covers a 46-mile stretch of the river, including La Joya, has responded to these increases by pulling agents out of the field to help clear holding cells overflowing with detainees, leaving swaths of heavily trafficked border unmanned.
When asked how agents would account for the people getting away, a supervisor quipped: “If a tree falls in the woods and there’s nobody there, does it make a sound?” [Read More]
