"We don’t care what country they come from, when someone needs help we need to respond."
Author: Sammi Steele
Updated: 6:15 PM CDT July 23, 2021
MARFA, Texas — Border protection agents in West Texas are seeing a record number of migrants.
Just last month, there were more than 188,000 migrant encounters along the southern border.
In the Big Bend sector, agents are also seeing an increase in migrant deaths. Already this fiscal year there have been 32 deaths, compared to seven last year.
Friday the Big Bend Sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection introduced a new technology being deployed to help rescue migrants in the rough terrain. It’s called a rescue beacon.