Grand Canyon Times

The National Border Patrol Council, the largest Border Patrol union across the country, endorsed former President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election during a rally in Arizona. 

“America, I have a message for you," Border Patrol agent Paul Perez, who is the head of the union’s Local 3307 chapter in Arizona. "If we allow border czar Harris to win this election, every city, every community in this great country is going to go to hell."

"The untold millions of people, unvetted, who she has allowed into this country that are committing murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries, and every other crime, will continue to put our country in peril," Perez said. "Only one man can fix that. That is Donald J. Trump."

Biden announced on March 24, 2021 his appointment of Harris “to lead efforts to stamp migration across the U.S.-Mexico border.”

"On behalf of the 16,000 men and women represented by the National Border Patrol Council, we strongly support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States," the organization posted on their X account on Monday. 

A September poll by American Greatness showed Trump and Harris both with 48% of likely voters in the state. Among the unsure, 17% of Arizona voters said they were still deciding, while 18% said the race is “too close to call" in the state.

55% of voters said the economy and immigration are their top two issues. In regards to the border, 56% of voters said they prefer Trump rather than Harris be in charge of immigration, while 34% said they would before Harris over Trump. 

Regarding the economy, Arizona voters prefer Trump over Harris 59% to 32%, and 52% of voters would trust Trump over Harris to improve national security, while 41% of voters would trust Harris over Trump. 

There have been 452,520 total encounters in the Tucson Sector during fiscal year 2024, which is up 40.3% from last year’s number of 322,624 encounters.

According to an analysis of CBP Data conducted by Tucson Standard, during fiscal year 2024, CBP arrested 45,402 illegal aliens who have previous criminal convictions or who are wanted by law enforcement.

Approximately 16,465 of these arrests have been made by the U.S. Border Patrol, and 28,937 of these arrests have been made by the CBP’s Office of Field Operations.

CBP has reported more than 2.7 million illegal alien encounters during Fiscal Year 2024, while there were only 646,822 in Fiscal Year 2020.

The CBP’s 2024 fiscal year runs from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024.