People smugglers already showed little respect for the protection of migrants long before Wuhan’s coronavirus, but now, amid the global pandemic, other traffickers are endangering the lives of migrants, the border patrol workers’ corps, and other Americans. In collaboration with local law enforcement partners, Border Patrol officials assigned to Laredo’s domain discovered two hidden houses on Tuesday.
Officers discovered the first hiding place after responding to reports of suspicious activity inside a building. The agents searched the apartment and found 14 people, all of them illegal alien beings from the countries of Mexico and Ecuador.
A few hours later and just over a mile down, officers running with the Laredo Police Department responded to reports of some other imaginable hideout, thirteen individuals, all illegal alien beings from Mexico, were found in this residence.
According to the U. S. Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), the US has not been able to do so. Usa, none of the illegal alien beings in the two hidden houses were dressed in non-public protective equipment.
“With a record buildup of COVID-19 infections among inmates, smuggling and housing giant teams of Americans in hidden locations and nearby neighborhoods without PPE not only endangers the smuggled, but also the protection of our nation,” CBP said in a press release. “Laredo Border Patrol officials will continue to work with our local law enforcement partners on the priorities of the agency’s sustainable project, namely the fight against transnational crime and border security.
Despite the threat to their lives amid the coronavirus pandemic, Border Patrol officials also continue to rescue illegal aliens, who are lost and want help after smugglers abandoned them in remote areas.
In August, border patrol officers in Tucson rule rescued some 30 illegal alien beings over the course of a weekend.
The coronavirus exploded in Mexico and many border patrol officers were quarantined after coming into contact with inflamed migrants CBP Acting Commissioner Mark A. Morgan announced in early August that 10 CBP officers had died as a result of a contract with COVID-19. .