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Border Patrol’s Imperial Beach Station named year’s best
By Salvador Rivera,
23 days ago
SAN DIEGO ( Border Report ) — The Imperial Beach Border Patrol Station has been named “Station of the Year” by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
It’s part of the San Diego Sector, and its area of responsibility is everything west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, including parts of the Pacific Ocean where agents often apprehend and rescue migrants in the water.
Patricia McGurk-Daniel is the new Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector. (Courtesy: Border Patrol)
“Where their station is located, it’s some of the most jam-packed areas with urban development between Mexico and the United States in Tijuana,” said Patricia McGurk-Daniel, chief patrol agent for the San Diego Sector. “Their operations go into that water, so they’re responding to jet skis, responding to pangas, swimmers who come in from the Mexican side of the border on the beach.”
Led by Patrol Agent in Charge Angel Munguia, about 300 agents work out of the Imperial Beach Station.
McGurk-Daniel said the recognition is very well deserved. “Those are pretty good bragging rights, everyone wants to take that mantle, but Imperial Beach got it.”
“We were successful in rescuing all eight subjects. Not only that, we were able to identify those responsible for the smuggling, which led to their prosecution,” Munguia said. “I’m specifically proud of the men and women of the Imperial Beach Station, to see their hard work and dedication each and every day, it’s amazing, I’m inspired by them.”
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