U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been criticized by the Border Patrol union for publicly announcing that its agents and officers will be conducting a “targeted enforcement operation” in El Paso, Texas, amid the ongoing border crisis.
In a May 8 press release, CBP said the operation would begin the following day and would target immigrants who crossed the southern border illegally and were not processed for entry into the United States.
CBP agents, along with law enforcement partners from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would be processing the immigrants for vetting and placement under either Title 42 expulsion or Title 8 removal proceedings—the latter takes longer than the former—as applicable, officials said….