
Customs and Border Patrol issued a memo on Wednesday warning agents to be on alert for illegal immigrants carrying explosives after ten improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found near the border.
Agents were advised to “exercise extreme caution and should report any possible armed subjects approaching the border with possible explosive devices” in a memo first obtained by Fox Business.
The IEDs were discovered after agents stationed at a Tuscon border post exchanged fire with cartel members near a local ranch.
The news comes against the backdrop of ongoing immigration-policy debates in Washington D.C., where Republicans have pushed to include greater funding for border security within the White House’s broader $106 billion aid package to Israel and Ukraine.