Victor Avila - Retired ICE Supervisory Special Agent

He is a native El Pasoan who survived a 2011 ambush by cartel members but his partner, Jaime Zapata, did not.

 He's the author of the book Agent Under Fire: A Murder and a Manifesto.

 

 BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN

 

A large group of more than 100 migrants scrambled across the border as dawn broke on Eagle Pass, Texas — just hours after former President Trump won the 2024 election with a vow to secure the borders and crack down on illegal immigration.

 

Dozens of illegal border crossers — mostly Central and South American migrants, along with two others from Africa — showed up in the US soaked after wading through the Rio Grande River.

 

Border Patrol sources say migrants groups are trying to rush into the US before Trump takes office and enacts much tougher policies for illegal immigrants.

 

There were also more than a dozen unaccompanied children, including two toddler siblings, whom border agents wrapped together in a mylar blanket to keep them warm.

 

Children who arrive at the border alone are exempt from the current restrictions on applying for asylum, which the Biden-Harris administration enacted earlier this year.

 

They means they will likely be released after they’re transferred to the Health and Human Services Department.

 

After crossing, the group was quickly intercepted by border agents and then transported on a bus for processing.