Border security

Illegal-alien Smugglers Used Drone to Watch Border Patrol, 1,800 Illegals Nailed in El Paso Sector in One Day

Illegal-alien smugglers are using a new counter-intelligence tool to help sneak illegals across the border.

Drones, the Customs and Border Protection reports, are now a weapon to help illegals enter the United States.

If that weren’t enough, on Tuesday, border agents collared 1,800 illegals, and apprehensions in the El Paso sector of the border, CBP reported, have increased by six times from last year.

Meanwhile, federal prosecutors have charged an “Illinois man” with operating a major illegal-alien smuggling operation.

A CBP agent discovered the high-tech aerial surveillance on Tuesday.

The agent was watching the border with an infrared camera when he “observed a small airborne object” heading north into the United States. It traveled 100 yards into the country, CPB reported, then returned to Mexico.

The agent saw the drone cross into the United States three times. After it crossed back to Mexico the third time, 10 illegals crossed the border in the same area where the drone flew. CBP caught the 10.

“This is the first known time in recent history that a drone has been utilized as a ‘look-out’ in order to aid in illegal entries in the El Paso Sector,” CBP said.