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Laredo, TX: Border Patrol agents find people trying to cross the border.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: Border patrol agents on horseback survey the area surrounding the San Ysidro port, the boundary separating San Diego from Tijuana. While these agents travel by horse, others work on foot, by car or ATV, or by helicopter to provide holistic coverage.

Laredo, TX: Customs and Border Protection agents patrolling the border on ATVs. (Photo Credit: © NGT)

Roma, Texas, USA: Border Patrol Agent Kellen Meador carrying large bundles of marijuana found in an abandoned house, and piling them in front of an old trailer. (Photo Credit: (NGT)

Nogales, Arizona, USA: Air & Marine blackhawk heliocopter. Immigrants trying the cross the border can be spotted from the air. When they are in danger of getting lost and dying of dehydration, Customs and border protection agents must find and save them.

Laredo, TX: Customs and Border Protection agents riding horses along the border. Agents use different means of transportation to get through the terrain. (Photo Credit: © NGT)

Nogales, Arizona: Air & Marine Agents train to save a life. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) teams fight to stop drug smugglers, human traffickers, and desperate migrants from entering the United States. officers. (Photo credit: © NGTV)

Arizona: Blackhawk in Tucson, AZ. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) teams fight to stop drug smugglers, human traffickers, and desperate migrants from entering the United States. officers.

NOGALES, AZ : A woman gets her fingerprints taken after she was caught crossing the U.S. border with Mexico illegally, at the U.S. Border Patrol processing center June 21, 2006 in Nogales, Arizona.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: A group of border patrol agents survey the area near the San Ysidro crossing, the international boundary that separates San Diego from Tijuana. The more experience the agents acquire, the easier it becomes for them to determine which vehicles are smugglers hiding both illegal immigrants and people.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: Border patrol agents perform weapons training. Several new "breakthrough" training systems allow the user to actually train in the field under real conditions, better preparing the agents to defend themselves against potentially dangerous drug traffickers.

Nogales, Arizona, USA: Border Patrol agents watch surveillance cameras from headquarters to monitor the border of Nogales.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: An Air and Marine border patrol agent prepares to board his blackhawk plane. The agent is one of thousands working to protect the San Diego-Tijuana border, one of the largest crossing areas, from illegal smuggling.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: The border fence at the San Ysidro port serves as the boundary between San Diego and Tijuana. At night, as at times when the skies are foggy, border patrol officers must take special precautions to carefully survey the area, since these are times when vision is less clear and smugglers are more likely to attempt to cross illegally.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: Border patrol agents apprehend illegal immigrants attempting to cross into this area of San Diego, California in trunks, under the dash, and in engine compartments. This San Ysidro border crossing is the busiest in the world, with over 40 million people entering the U.S. through this port in 2005 alone.

In der heutigen Folge verfolgen die Beamten des Heimatschutzministeriums illegale Einwanderer, die versuchen, die Grenze zwischen den Mexiko und den USA nahe der Stadt Nogales zu überschreiten. Sie ermitteln überdies gegen eine Bande von Betrügern und begeben sich auf die Jagd nach den Mitgliedern eines Verbrecherkartells. Dabei bekommen sie aber nur kleine Fische zu fassen. Denn die eigentlichen Drahtzieher sind nahezu unerreichbar. Erschwert wird die Arbeit der Grenzer auch noch dadurch, dass sie diesmal mitten in der Nacht agieren müssen. Doch dank ihrer High-Tech-Ausrüstung ist vieles möglich. So kreist in sechs Kilometern Höhe ein mit Spezialkameras ausgerüstetes Flugzeug und beobachtet die Grenzregion.

Nogales, Arizona, USA: Air & Marine blackhawk heliocopter. Immigrants trying the cross the border can be spotted from the air. When they are in danger of getting lost and dying of dehydration, Customs and border protection agents must find and save them. The blackhawk heliocopters are also used to find drug smugglers.

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA: A border patrol agent surveys the international boundary that separates San Diego from Tijuana. This San Ysidro border crossing is the busiest in the world, with over 40 million people entering the U.S. through this port in 2005 alone.

Rio Grande Valley, Texas: Border Patrol Agent Rolando Puente rewards his canine partner with a toy after apprehending illegal immigrants in the brush.

Nogales, Arizona, USA: Border Patrol agents on ATVs through the rugged terrain.

Nogales, Arizona, USA: Air & Marine blackhawk heliocopter. Immigrants trying the cross the border can be spotted from the air. When they are in danger of getting lost and dying of dehydration, Customs and border protection agents must find and save them. The blackhawk heliocopters are also used to find drug smugglers. (Photo credit: © NGTV)