ILLEGALS Hitching Rides on Trucks of Unsuspecting Truck Drivers

U.S. Border Patrol is asking for the public's help to combat a new and dangerous method immigrants are using to get past checkpoints undetected.

“Falfurrias checkpoint is one of the busiest checkpoints in the country with regard to seizures and apprehensions,” said Omar Zamora, the spokesperson for Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector. “In addition to that we also inspect more than 8,000 vehicles per day.”

So far this year, the Border Patrol apprehended more than 7,000 immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally at the Falfurrias checkpoint.

Agents are seeing more immigrants take bold and dangerous measures to travel undetected through checkpoints.

"We don’t want anybody to die or get hurt or seriously injured," Zamora said.

Over the last couple days, there were five incidents where agents found people stashed away in the small upper air flow compartment of big rig trucks.

"I believe Tuesday (March) 31st, we had a group of seven immigrants which is quite a few illegal immigrants to be hiding in the back of some of these air dams. We've seen another four cases since then here at this checkpoint," said Zamora.

The latest problem has been Immigrants hiding in truck
 air-flow vents

Zamora explained they're starting to average two to three of the cases every day.

The agency has cameras placed several feet off the ground to help detect any illegal activity in an effort to combat the problem.

Zamora believes the majority of immigrants are camped out at local area trucks stops waiting for an unsuspecting truck driver.

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