US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the Yuma sector arrested more than 1,700 migrants in August, according to a Sept. 5 post on X from Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin.
According to McGoffin’s post, those migrants came from a dozen countries.
In addition to rescues, Yuma sector CBP agents stopped a dozen human smuggling attempts, performed four rescues, and intercepted three drug smuggling cases during the month of August.
The Yuma sector encompasses approximately 181,670 square miles of desert terrain, extending from California’s Imperial Sand Dunes to the Yuma-Pima County line. This area includes rocky mountain ranges, drifting sand dunes, and the Colorado River. It covers parts of Nevada as well as Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties in California. The sector was established in December 1954 with stations initially in Blythe, California, and Yuma Arizona; additional stations at Somerton and Wellton, Arizona opened in February 1955. Currently, the three stations in the sector are located in Yuma, Wellton, and Blythe, California.
U.S. Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for safeguarding the nation’s borders and preventing illegal entry of people and contraband. Established in 1924, it operates in 328 ports of entry and protects 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
