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New Mexico to Get 105 Border Patrol Agents
DEMING â Border protection efforts along New Mexicoâs southern border will be boosted with the addition of 105 new Border Patrol agents, but it remained unclear Thursday how many of the agents will be on patrol in Doña Ana County. The increase in agents was announced Wednesday by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. The agents are scheduled to be in place Saturday in Deming and Columbus.Maria Najera, spokeswoman for Bingaman, said the additional agents could have an effect on Border Patrol operations in Doña Ana County, but she didnât know to what extent. âThat would be a law enforcement administrative decision,â Najera said. âBut it is our understanding that the majority of the additional agents will be in the Columbus and Deming area.â Officials with the El Paso sector of the U.S. Border Patrol said Thursday they could not comment on the additional agents until the agency issues a new release today. An increase in agent assignments was expected, but the number previously mentioned was 70 agents. The new agents will increase the number of agents working from the Deming station to 279. The 174 agents currently working in Deming is 70 percent more than last year. The El Paso sector includes West Texas and all New Mexico... There has been increased Border Patrol activity in California, Arizona and Texas in recent years, and an increased flow of undocumented immigrants in the Deming Corridor â Lordsburg to Santa Teresa. Daily apprehension of migrants has become the norm. Many arrests follow traffic stops of vehicles with outdated registration, no registration, plates from another vehicle or overloaded vehicles. Early Wednesday, agents apprehended 14 undocumented immigrants lying on the ground west of Columbus. The group included Francisco Perez, 47, wanted in Cook County, Ill., on a 1987 warrant for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Posted by: Pappy 2005-09-17 |
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