Border Patrol agents caught three illegal immigrants wearing ghillie suits meant to help them blend into the New Mexico desert, the federal agency reported last week.
The trio, after being caught, is seen wearing so-called ghillie suits in photos posted to the Border Patrol’s social media accounts. Ghillie suits are often used by hunters to blend in with the outdoors.
In this case, these three illegal migrants disguised themselves to look like a dry brush in the desert near Santa Teresa, a census-designated place in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. However, despite the disguises, Border Patrol agents riding on horseback spotted the immigrants.
According to Gloria I. Chavez, US Border Patrol Chief, people that enter the United States illegally will often use extraordinary tactics to evade detection and arrest. In this case, Chavez, in a tweet, praised The El Paso Sector Santa Teresa station agents for interdicting the three migrants.
The increase of illegal migrants employing more extreme tactics to evade detection and arrest at the border may have to do with the United State’s immigration amnesty, which includes the government forgiving illegal immigrants and allowing them to gain permanent residency in the U.S. Immigrants from certain South America counties like Colombia and Venezuela, typically qualify to begin the process of seeking asylum in the United State, so long as they can make it to U.S. soil.
Last week, immigrants from those countries crossed the US border illegally and surrendered to Border Patrol agents to claim asylum. A video posted on Twitter by Bill Melugin, a national correspondent for Fox News, shows agents opening gates to the border wall in Texas for immigrants.