EXCLUSIVE: Federal Agents Say They’re Stuck ‘Babysitting’ Illegal Immigrants Instead Of Stopping Criminals

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents and air marshals from across the country are helping Border Patrol handle the latest surge in illegal immigration in Arizona’s Tucson sector of the southern border instead of stopping crime, multiple federal officials told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

A migrant surge in the Tucson sector has overwhelmed Border Patrol agents, who have seen the cancellation of training exercises, a checkpoint closure, a port of entry closure and the temporary shut-down of some social media, according to internal agency communications recently obtained by the DCNF....