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National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez told Fox News Digital that, despite heavy criticism from the media and Democrats, as well as the consistent presence of agitators, officers’ morale remains high and there is “no shortage of volunteers” to assist with deportation operations.
Perez told Fox News Digital during an interview that though the “majority of our agents are stationed on the southwest border,” members of his union understand the threat that criminal illegal immigrants pose to the entire nation after four years under the Biden administration.
“Unfortunately, you throw a dart at the map, and it’s very likely that some of the people that Biden let in are there,” he explained.
Though distinct from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are primarily responsible for interior removal operations, Perez said there has been “no shortage of volunteers” for deployments for operations in cities across the country, including Minneapolis, Portland and Los Angeles.
BORDER PATROL COMMANDER PROVIDES UPDATE ON MINNEAPOLIS OPERATIONS
U.S. Border Patrol agents confront a demonstrator during a protest against immigration enforcement in Minneapolis on Jan. 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)
“We’ve got plenty of agents that are willing to go out there to go and help because they see the challenges that our ICE officers and our other our law enforcement partners are going up against and they want to be there to help,” he explained. “They’re very well-trained, they’re very eager, they are patriotic, and they want to do their duty to secure the border and help secure America.”
Perez said that because the Biden administration wanted the flow of migrants entering the country to be processed quickly, “there are very few records for us to rely on that are accurate.”
“There’s just so many people that were let in, to the tune of millions of people, and they were interspersed throughout the United States,” he said,…
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