TUCSON,
Ariz. – A 22-year-old Douglas woman returning from Mexico Tuesday morning
delivered a baby boy at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry.
The
woman approached Customs and Border Protection officers at the pedestrian
crossing, stating that she was in labor and about to give birth. Officers took
the woman indoors to make her comfortable while they called Emergency Medical
Services. The baby, however, was unwilling to wait for EMS and entered the
world at the port with the assistance of CBP officers.
EMS
soon arrived and transported the mother and her newborn son to a local hospital
for further care.
CBP's
Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within Homeland Security
tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation’s ports. CBP officers
screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while
facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also
includes carrying out border-related duties, including narcotics interdiction,
enforcing immigration and trade laws, protecting the nation's food supply and
agriculture industry from pests and diseases, and occasional births at the
port.
-CBP-
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with management, control and protection
of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP’s mission
includes keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while
enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. Follow us on Twitter @CBPArizona.
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