Smugglers, floating bodies, and victims: Border Patrol agents describe what it's like working in the busiest sector on the border

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Border Patrol agents in Texas' Rio Grande Valley told Business Insider they encounter migrants daily who have endured horrific crime and hardship on their journeys to the United States. Business Insider joined the agents for a ride-along on Monday. Though we didn't see any arrests, the agents said a typical shift often results in multiple encounters with migrants and smugglers. The sector that Seiler and his colleagues patrol has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks — it's the epicenter of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" border crackdown.

MCALLEN, TEXAS — Every day, Border Patrol agent Chris Seiler says he hears astonishing stories of hardship from the people he arrests crossing the US-Mexico border.

"It's part of the job," he said.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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