Widespread incursions by armed Mexican officers put border agents in regular standoffs

Widespread incursions by armed Mexican officers put border agents in regular standoffs
Armed Mexican troops and police regularly stray across the U.S. border, according to statistics the Department of Homeland Security provided to Congress on Tuesday that indicate more than 500 of them have jumped the border in the past decade.

'Wave of humanity': Border Patrol overwhelmed by flow of illegal immigrants
Thousands upon thousands of people from Central America exploiting the porous border of the Rio Grande Valley to enter the United States. “If we don't send the message that they can’t just come in and stay here, it's gonna continue, this wave of humanity,” said Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar.