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Politics● Low4d ago · Nov 3, 2026, 1:51 AM

Former Border Patrol chief says southern border is at quietest level he's ever seen

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Former Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz says some Biden administration officials were "embracing the chaos and crisis" at the southern border, but now he says the U.S.-Mexico border is at the quietest level he's ever seen.

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