{"id":2402114,"date":"2025-02-13T07:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-see-what-a-secure-us-mexico-border-looks-like-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T07:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:16:01","slug":"photos-see-what-a-secure-us-mexico-border-looks-like-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-see-what-a-secure-us-mexico-border-looks-like-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: See what a secure US-Mexico border looks like &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphotos-see-what-a-secure-us-mexico-border-looks-like-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article from the *Washington examiner* highlights a recent ride-along with Border Patrol along the Rio Grande, during which no \u200dillegal\u2062 immigrants were observed attempting to cross the border. \u200bThis event\u200b marks a notable first for \u2064the publication, \u200bwhich has\u2062 reported from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-dhs-chief-jeh-johnson-withdraws-as-vassar-commencement-speaker-following-protests\/\" title=\"Obama DHS Chief Jeh Johnson Withdraws as Vassar Commencement Speaker Following Protests\">border numerous times<\/a> since 2018. \u200dThe \u2064report indicates that \u2064the number of arrests related to illegal immigration has declined \u2064to \u2064historically \u200blow levels since the start\u200c of Donald\u2063 Trump&#8217;s presidency. The article features a series of photographs\u200b taken by Graeme Jennings, showcasing various \u200baspects\u2063 of the Texas-Mexico\u2062 border, including the border wall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-inspector-general-declined-to-investigate-border-patrol-agents-for-allegedly-whipping-haitian-migrants-dhs-still-investigating\/\" title=\"DHS Inspector General Declined To Investigate ... For Allegedly \u2018Whipping\u2019 Haitian ..., DHS Still Investigating\">patrol activity<\/a>, and reminders \u200cof \u200cmigrants\u2019 attempts to cross, such as discarded bracelets \u2062used by smugglers. The visuals \u2064depict a quiet border habitat, even during what is usually a high-activity time for cartels.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Photos from a Border Patrol ride-along where no illegal immigrants could be found<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1978667\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;has reported from the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border<\/a> on dozens of occasions since 2018, but in a first, its staff did not witness a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">single immigrant attempt<\/a> to cross the Rio Grande while on a predawn into late morning ride-along with Border Patrol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-is-cooking-the-books-on-illegal-immigrant-arrests\/\" title=\"The Biden Administration Is Cooking The Books On Illegal Immigrant Arrests\">illegal immigrant arrests<\/a> across the entire southern border has dropped to historically low levels since President Donald Trump took office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Even under the cover of darkness, a time that has historically been the most popular time of the day for Mexican cartels to push immigrants across the river, the Rio Grande sat silent.<\/p>\n<p>The below photo story was captured by <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> photographer Graeme Jennings and showcases the state of the border in South Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-dawn sights<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The border wall near McAllen, Texas. In his first term, President Donald Trump installed sections of the wall that are 30 feet high in parts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Texas National Guard soldiers at a port of entry in Hidalgo, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Texas-Mexico border, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Texas-Mexico border, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Border Patrol agent Andres Garcia, public affairs for the Rio Grande Valley, drives alongside a section of the border wall in McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Under morning light<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Texas-Mexico border. Migrants must hike through dense brush and vegetation that stretches several hundred feet from the riverbank of the Rio Grande. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bracelets discarded by migrants at the Rio Grande near the border town of McAllen, Texas. The bracelets are used by smugglers to track how much money each individual owes the cartels. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Texas-Mexico border. Migrants must hike through dense brush and vegetation that stretches several hundred feet from the riverbank of the Rio Grande. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Border Patrol agent Andres Garcia near the Rio Grande, in the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bracelets and a teddy bear were discarded by migrants at the Rio Grande near the border town of McAllen, Texas. The bracelets are used by smugglers to track how much money each individual owes the cartels. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Border Patrol agent Andres Garcia near the Rio Grande, in the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Border Patrol vehicle near the Rio Grande, in the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">River excursion<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Border Patrol agents in riverine boats on the Rio Grande near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Texas Department of Public Safety officers on a riverine boat on the Rio Grande, near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Border Patrol agents in riverine boats on the Rio Grande near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Texas Department of Public Safety officers on boats on the Rio Grande near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Texas Department of Public Safety officers on riverine boats on the Rio Grande near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Border wall<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Concertina wire along the US side of the Rio Grande, near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Handmade ladders near the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A section of the border wall, in the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A section of the border wall, in the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A section of the border wall in the border town of McAllen, Texas. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1978667\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1978667\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos from a Border Patrol ride-along revealed no illegal immigrants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3677,"featured_media":2402115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/021225_TEXAS_BORDER-119-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3813,9773,3646,38974,32076],"class_list":["post-2402114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-immigration","tag-photos","tag-security","tag-us-mexico-border","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/021225_TEXAS_BORDER-119-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402118,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402114\/revisions\/2402118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}