According to CBP, in 2021, Border Patrol agents reported 1.6 million criminal encounters along the southern border. That was up from 450,000 the year before. In 2022, to date, CBP says 1.2 million encounters.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Port of Ysleta Cargo Facility seized 548 pounds of liquid methamphetamine worth an estimated $3 million on the black market on March 30.