Tag: border patrol

A Border Patrol agent and two Nassau County deputies approached the stationary vehicle at a gas station on State Road 200 with five people inside early Tuesday morning.

Frank LaMonaca, a Customs and Border Protection Officer (CBPO) and K9 handler in the North Eastern United States was worried.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the 24 percent rise was due to the increasing number of Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.