This office provides law enforcement support for the counties of El Paso and Hudspeth in the state of Texas and the entire state of New Mexico. This site provides Sector-related information, including Sector operations, Sector contact information, where our stations are located, and news.
History
The El Paso Border Patrol Sector was established on July 1, 1924, under the authority of the Immigration Act approved by Congress on May 28, 1924. This Act created the Border Patrol as a uniformed law enforcement branch of the Immigration Bureau. The original El Paso Sector encompassed New Mexico and the three western counties of Texas. The first officers selected for the new Border Patrol came from the old mounted guards and Civil Services Register for Railway Mail Clerks.
Area of Responsibility
Today, the El Paso Sector is one of nine Border Patrol Sectors that run along the Southwest Border of the United States with Mexico. The sector is comprised of eleven stations and covers the geographical region of the entire state of New Mexico as well as two counties within far west Texas.
The stations that make up the El Paso sector are:
- Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Deming, New Mexico
- El Paso, Texas
- Clint, Texas
- Fort Hancock, Texas
- Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Lordsburg, New Mexico
- Santa Teresa, New Mexico
- Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
- Ysleta, Texas
The El Paso Sector patrols 268 miles of international border and encompasses 125,500 square miles.
The El Paso Sector challenge coin, incorporating elements such as the U.S. flag, representations of Texas and New Mexico, and the motto, "Where the Legend Began."