An inside look at agents’ work [Video]

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised sweeping immigration changes. Saying he plans to immediately halt all legal entry to the United States.Trump also campaigned on a promise to deport the largest number of immigrants in U.S. history. That’s why Maine’s Total Coverage traveled to the northern border, to learn about how border patrol agents do their jobs and the number of people crossing.”In FY 2021 22 there were significant spikes, record-setting increases in the amount of people entering the U.S. illegally,” Juan Bernal, Chief Patrol Agent at the Houlton Sector, said.Bernal has worked at both the northern and southern border for close to three decades.”I can’t remember it ever being quite as bad as it had been in the last three or four years. that’s probably as bad as I’ve ever seen it in my career,” he said.Here in Maine, agents are responsible for patrolling 611 miles of …