EXCLUSIVE: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is shutting down three highway checkpoints in Arizona, Fox News has learned, as the overwhelmed agency struggles to get a grip on a rapidly escalating crisis at the southern border.
The agency is shutting down three checkpoints in Willcox, Arizona, until further notice as personnel are being used instead to deal with the influx of migrants at the border, according to an internal document dated Tuesday seen by Fox News. Shutting down the checkpoints will severely hamper authorities’ anti-trafficking efforts, a CBP source told Fox News.
CBP later confirmed the move in a statement to Fox: “Tucson Sector has redirected manpower, based on operational needs in response to shifting traffic patterns, resulting in the closure of several tactical checkpoints in southeastern Arizona.”