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NOGALES, AZ - DECEMBER 07: A border patrol agent and Gitta, a drug-sniffing German shepherd, work a checkpoint on December 7, 2010 north of Nogales, Arizona. The checkpoint falls in the Tucson sector of the U.S.- Mexico border and is considered the most heavily trafficked by illegal immigrants and drug smugglers in the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Border Patrol K-9 discovers $2M worth of fentanyl during Arizona traffic stop

Border Patrol agents were assisted by a patrol K-9 who found $2 million worth of fentanyl that was being trafficked during a traffic stop in Arizona last week, according to officials.

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - MAY 05: U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz attends a press conference on May 5, 2023 in Brownsville, Texas. Mayorkas was joined by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, U.S. Border Patrol Acting Deputy Commissioner Benjamine "Carry" Huffman and Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol Chief Gloria Chavez to speak about the immigration and the Trump-era expulsion policy Title 42 that is set to end next week. (Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)

U.S. Border Patrol chief announces retirement amid Title 42 mayhem

As tensions over the influx of migrants following the expiration of Title 42 continue to escalate, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz has announced his retirement this week.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mayorkas: ‘border is not open’

After Title 42 was lifted on Thursday, the Biden administration have said that they have implemented “sweeping new policies” which are designed to restrict access into the United States.

Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migrants are transferred by agents of the Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, US to ask for political asylum on December 27, 2022. - The US government's two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 stemmed off a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as thousands waited at the southern border in expectation the policy was about to end. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Retired Chief of the Border Patrol, Rodney Scott on the end of Title 42

Biden acknowledges that the border is likely to be chaotic for a while in the coming days

EL PASO, TEXAS - DECEMBER 22: Children from Colombia sleep while spending the night camped with their family alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 22, 2022 in El Paso, Texas. A spike in the number of migrants seeking asylum in the United States has challenged local, state and federal authorities. The numbers are expected to increase as the fate of the Title 42 authority to expel migrants remains in limbo pending a Supreme Court decision expected after Christmas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

DHS defends itself, denies migrant child sex abuse claims

In response to the persistent criticism over its handling of tens of thousands of unaccompanied minor migrants at the border, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is beginning to stand firm and take the offensive.