Tucson Standard

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the Tucson sector apprehended more than 2,000 migrants during the week ending November 8, according to a post on X by Chief Patrol Agent Sean McGoffin.

According to McGoffin’s post, agents in the Tucson sector confiscated 111 pounds of fentanyl, 73 pounds of methamphetamine, and 36 pounds of cocaine during the same period. They were also involved in eight rescues, 11 narcotics events, and disrupted 25 human smuggling events.

The weekly apprehensions are down from 13,600 in the same week of November 2023. It is also a decrease from the week ending November 1, when there were 2,600 migrants arrested, according to a graphic attached to McGoffin's post.

Screenshot of Sean McGoffin's Nov. 8 post on X | X

The Tucson sector covers much of Arizona, stretching from the border of New Mexico to Yuma County’s border, approximately spanning 262 border miles. There are about 3,700 agents across nine stations within this sector. These stations are located in Why, Casa Grande, Douglas, Bisbee, Nogales, Sonoita, Tucson, Three Points, and Wilcox. This information is available on CBP’s webpage dedicated to the sector. Originally known as the Nogales Sector and created on July 1, 1924, the sector headquarters moved to Tucson two years later.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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.