Tucson Standard

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the Tucson sector apprehended 10 migrants near Highway 80 on January 8, according to Chief Patrol Agent Sean McGoffin, who shared the information in a January 14 post on X.

"1/8: Near Highway 80 along the Arizona State line, Douglas Station agents and the Horse Patrol Unit teamed up to intercept a group of camouflaged subjects attempting to evade detection. With border technology support, agents tracked and apprehended 10 migrants," McGoffin wrote in the January 14 post on X.

Douglas became a Border Patrol station after the passage of the Labor Appropriations Act of 1924. In the 1930s, according to CBP's webpage dedicated to Douglas Station, the station was authorized for 18 Border Patrol inspectors, although fewer than a dozen were typically on duty. The station’s agents patrol 40.5 linear miles of the international border and more than 1,450 square miles of mountainous terrain.

Screenshot of Sean McGoffin's Jan. 14 post on X | X

The Tucson Sector covers much of Arizona, stretching from the New Mexico border to Yuma County’s border, spanning approximately 262 miles. According to CBP’s webpage on the sector, 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, Arizona. Originally known as the Nogales Sector, it was established on July 1, 1924; two years later, its headquarters moved to Tucson.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for securing the nation’s borders and preventing illegal entry of people and contraband. Established in 1924, it operates at 328 ports of entry and protects 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of maritime borders.