Blaine, Wash. - The information listed below is from arrests and seizures related to the U.S. Border Patrol in the Blaine Sector area of operations. For security reasons, this may not be a complete list of enforcement actions.
11/30/2012 - U.S. Border Patrol agents observed a person carrying a backpack and wearing dirty clothing in close proximity to the U.S./Canada border near Blaine, Washington. The subject, a citizen of Guatemala, was determined to be illegally present in the United States. The subject was placed under arrest and processed for removal.
12/07/2012 - Agents were notified by a Blaine City Police officer that he had observed an individual walking south from the U.S./Canada border between the ports of entry in Blaine, Washington. Agents located the individual, a citizen of Canada, and determined the subject to be illegally present in the United States. The subject was placed under arrest and processed for removal.
12/10/2012 - Agents encountered a subject in close proximity to the U.S./Canada border near Blaine, Washington. The subject, a citizen of Guatemala, was determined to be illegally present in the United States. The subject was placed under arrest and processed for removal.
12/10/2012 - U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered four people wearing wet, dirty clothing walking south from the U.S./Canada border east of Blaine, Washington. The subjects, all citizens of India, were determined to be illegally present in the United States. The subjects were placed under arrest and processed for removal.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.