200 Border Patrol agents headed for Texas amid illegal crossings surge
At least 200 federal immigration agents are being sent to a border town in Texas where illegal border crossings have spiked amid the Trump administration’s claims the U.S.-Mexico border is secure.The 200 agents otherwise assigned to the country’s northern and southern borders will be deployed to Laredo for 30 days to assist local Border Patrol employees who are dealing with a significant increase in immigrants attempting to enter the country illegally from Mexico each day.
NewsNation sources also say the surge in federal agents will include those from Customs and Border Protection’s BORTAC unit, a special operations group often brought in to assist with field operations.
Department of Homeland Security data obtained exclusively by NewsNation shows there were 2,600 encounters between federal agents and migrants in the Laredo Sector in March and April — a 50% increase from the previous two months. The 1,400 reported encounters in Laredo this month represent an 86% spike from April 2025, DHS reported.
Sources tell NewsNation that the Trump administration plans to expand the border wall through Laredo, but the city has pushed back on the expansion. City officials have expressed concerns about the wall running through residential areas of Laredo and eliminating river views for residents there.
Who would have thought it would be this difficult to secure our border and finish the wall in order to keep Americans safe from criminals and cartels.
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