Inside the surge hitting back at cartels with hundreds of US troops | Bradley on the Border

Hundreds of U.S. soldiers are now in the Rio Grande Valley after the military announced Coast Guard personnel recently came under fire from suspected cartel members. Under Operation Unified Resolve, the U.S. Border Patrol and other federal immigration agencies are focusing their attention on Texas' eastern border as Mexican drug cartels look to exploit maritime areas of the state. In this week’s "Bradley on the Border," Ali Bradley gets an exclusive look at how the Border Patrol is shifting part of its approach away from traditional border areas to coastal regions.

CHAPTER SUMMARY:
0:00 Intro
1:20 Interview Platoon leader
4:40 Training on new gator boats
7:35 Ride-along on the river with the U.S. Coast Guard
14:56 Interview with Captain Commander of Forces Rio Grande
15:39 Working with federal partners
18:06 The Coast Guard’s role in preventing illicit activity
21:00 How long will the Coast Guard be at the border?
23:35 Ride-along with the Border Patrol
24:15 Interview with an Operations Officer for Operation Unified Resolve
25:00 New capabilities to strengthen the border
26:46 Drones at the border
28:00 Challenges under Operation Unified Resolve
30:29 Interview with Chief Patrol Agent Jared Ashby
31:22 Border Patrol using high energy lasers?
33:48 Ensuring Border Patrol has enough resources
35:00 Collaborating with different agencies
38:00 Cooperation with Mexico
39:05 Two individuals apprehended at the border
41:00 Debriefing with Jared Ashby
42:40 Importance of having agents at the border
43:48 Cartels using camouflage
46:00 Responding to drones
48:00 Navigating the changing of cartel tactics
49:53 Unaccompanied minors
54:15 Interview with Commander of Task Force Coldstream
55:40 The border policies under President Trump
56:31 Integrating different agencies
58:14 Combatting the cartels
59:10 Drone sightings
1:01:07 Surge in resources
1:02:51 Partnership with Mexico
1:04:49 Expanding Operation Unified Resolve?
1:06:53 Responding to threats
1:08:14 Stopping illicit crossings
1:09:30 Final thoughts

Bradley on the border description information:
Host: Ali Bradley
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
Segment Producer: Will Tomasi
Editor: Allen Keefner

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On "Bradley on the Border," NewsNation's Ali Bradley shows what it's like along the southern border and across the country as law enforcement agencies work to combat human and drug smuggling and enforce immigration policies.

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