US Customs and Border Protection demonstrate impact of shift in resources to Florida waters at Port Miami

U.S. Customs and Border Protection put on a department demo on how they ve ramped up security around Florida. Border Patrol s top officers, including Border Czar Tom Homan were at Port Miami Thursday morning to underscore the success that they have had with Border Protection in the last fiscal year. They held a demonstration to showcase how dangerous some situations can be. A big priority of theirs, they said was focusing their resources in Florida to interdict more drug and gun traffickers. On the water there, they have delt with dangerous situations with drug traffickers, with cartels, which sometimes end in gunfire. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said that by securing the southwest border, the numbers of crossings there has decreased and since those numbers have decreased, they have been able to spread resources to the water and other areas around Florida. The commissioner made it clear that they view Florida as a border state, so