rio grande valley arresting three and is 13 gang members and a convicted child rapist in the same day. the next day agents arrested part of the 18th street gang. the cartels are distributing new strategies to smuggle drugs across the border by using american teenagers. they are turning to social media sites like tiktok and promising big bucks for teens whose help smuggle drugs or migrants into the united states. carley, some of these drivers are as young as 13 years old. they cannot even legally drive. kayleigh, you re exactly right. this is a big problem in border communities. i was just in one town that was 56 miles north of the southern border, so not even right along the border, but still a big issue. i was talking to them rancher
see us. dana: drugs, guns, gangs and sex offenders. border agents working around the clock to protect america from all kinds of threats and what they find on a daily basis is enough to make your hair stand on end. bill: it is friday. good morning. the border patrol apprehending thousands of migrants a day coming across all kinds of criminal activity as well as felons posing a threat to our safety and all those who slip through the cracks and get away. bill melugin begins a new hour in la joya, texas, with us now. good morning. good morning. quite a busy week for border agents here in the rio grande valley. monday alone they arrested three ms-13 gang members as well as a el salvador man with a conviction for the aggravated sexual assault of a child. on tuesday they arrested an 18th street gang member. four gang members and one child