Drone captures Texas patrol agents' take down of illegal migrants scaling border wall

Drone footage has reportedly captured migrants illegally attempting to scale the border wall before being apprehended by Texas border patrol agents. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) released aerial footage of a border incident on Thursday. The video purportedly shows border patrol agents stopping migrants scaling a fence near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. DPS confirmed in a post on X that "the DPS provided air support to the border patrol agents" to stop "a group of illegal immigrants attempting to climb the border wall near the Santa Teresa POE & illegally enter the U.S." The footage shows individuals, described as migrants, throwing sand and objects at border patrol agents. Since October 1, 2023, around 139,000 migrants have been apprehended near El Paso, 14 miles from Santa Teresa, according to internal CBP statistics.