HERMANAS, New Mexico (AP) - For the first time, U.S. Border Patrol agents have a permanent presence along a stretch of border marked in some places by a rancher's barbed-wire fence.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane
FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts
Agents are patrolling from Camp Ramsey, a forward operating base built along winding stretch of highway in southern New Mexico dozens of miles from any population.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane
FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe debate over AI’s future rages on both coasts
The outpost boasts holding cells and dorms for agents to live for five days at a time. It opened this summer, and agents believe it has already curbed illegal immigration and drug smuggling in the area.
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