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Data: Texas Had Most Border Patrol Arrests in 2013

The Border Patrol made 420,789 apprehensions in the fiscal year that ended in
September. That is a 16 percent increase from the previous year but still 42
percent below 2008. As usual, more than 98 percent of those arrests were made
on the Southwest border. And nowhere saw more arrests than Texas.

Agents in Texas made 235,567 arrests.

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According to the DPS, the plane is being used for surveillance and
assisting operations along the US-Mexico border.

The plane, purchased from Swiss company Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., is jam-packed with
military-style features including high-resolution and thermal imaging surveillance
cameras, a $300,000 downlink system allowing the crew to send real-time footage anywhere
in the state. As a bonus, the package also came with four night-vision goggles worth about $60,000.