<p class="MsoNormal">Everything becomes a little more hectic during the holiday season &ndash; including the Texas/Mexico border. According to Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera, traffic is &ldquo;unseasonably&rdquo; high.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cabrera is the Vice President of local #3307, the union representing Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley area. He appeared on the <em>Laura Ingraham Show</em> on Monday to discuss the situation, saying the border is &ldquo;very porous&rdquo; and has become a &ldquo;smuggler&rsquo;s paradise.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cabrera says the current influx is &ldquo;more than we&rsquo;ve ever gotten this time of the year&hellip;Usually this time of the year, it slows down and drops off to a trickle, but we&rsquo;re still very busy down here. People are coming in faster than we can keep track of, people turning themselves in, and people still getting away.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Rio Grande Valley sector has seen a 50% increase in illegal immigration during the past year &ndash; making it the busiest sector on the entire border</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Incoming refugees and immigrants are exploiting any loophole they can find, says Cabrera. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re doing a good job, because people are coming in and they&rsquo;re getting walked out the door that same day, sometimes with an ankle bracelet, sometimes not. And they head off to whatever part of the country they desire, and we&rsquo;ll never see them again.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cabrera has also noticed an increase in the amount of men traveling with children. He worries about the reason. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going off the honors system&hellip;it&rsquo;s a smuggler&rsquo;s paradise as far as trafficking, sex trafficking goes, because a lot &ndash; these kids can&rsquo;t defend themselves.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Furthermore, Cabrera admitted that his team doesn&rsquo;t manage to capture many of the illegals sneaking in. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard for us to protect this entire stretch, and we&rsquo;re getting overrun&hellip;&rdquo; He added that the government isn&rsquo;t giving them the power to do their job. Without the power to enforce the laws, not much can be done.</p>
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