Border Patrol agents are expressing optimism and renewed morale as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office, bringing with him a renewed focus on border security. The excitement is fueled by Trump’s decision to appoint former ICE Director Tom Homan as his "border czar," a role expected to centralize and strengthen immigration enforcement. Retired ICE agent Victor Avila reports a palpable “buzz” among agents, with many looking forward to what they see as a new era of robust support for their mission.
Human smugglers are increasingly turning to short-term rental properties, like those listed on Airbnb, as stash houses along the Texas border, evading law enforcement detection in a growing trend that has alarmed authorities. In the El Paso sector alone, Border Patrol agents have uncovered 265 stash houses since the beginning of this fiscal year, with many of these properties being used to conceal large numbers of undocumented migrants.
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Former ICE Special Agent Victor Avila has. . .