WEBVTT 00:09.840 --> 00:11.840 The message was simple . If you are 00:11.840 --> 00:14.240 thinking to cross the border illegally 00:14.240 --> 00:16.351 into the United States , specifically 00:16.351 --> 00:19.500 in Arizona don't do it . The desert is 00:19.500 --> 00:21.530 unforgiving . The mountains are 00:21.530 --> 00:24.080 unforgiving , the human smuggling 00:24.080 --> 00:27.820 organizations are unforgiving illegally . 00:27.820 --> 00:30.580 Crossing in this area is a potentially 00:30.580 --> 00:33.990 deadly decision . That message remains 00:34.000 --> 00:36.510 the reality , but I know not enough 00:36.510 --> 00:38.530 migrants hear the truth about how 00:38.530 --> 00:41.140 dangerous our desert is or the fact our 00:41.140 --> 00:43.520 border is closed . Some risk their 00:43.520 --> 00:46.000 lives anyway . Some will die as a 00:46.000 --> 00:49.230 result . As of the end of May , I'm 00:49.230 --> 00:52.150 saddened to report that Tucson sector 00:52.150 --> 00:55.110 has recorded 48 migrant deaths this 00:55.110 --> 00:57.930 fiscal year . We take this situation 00:57.930 --> 01:00.260 very seriously , whether through 01:00.260 --> 01:01.930 technology or by leveraging , 01:01.940 --> 01:04.890 leveraging . Our many partnerships , we 01:04.890 --> 01:07.057 use every tool to ensure the safety of 01:07.057 --> 01:09.190 anyone crossing through Arizona's 01:09.190 --> 01:12.300 treacherous desert . I'm proud to say 01:12.310 --> 01:14.366 that customs and border protection's 01:14.366 --> 01:16.610 humanitarian effort to save lives is 01:16.610 --> 01:19.630 unmatched and this includes the heroic 01:19.630 --> 01:21.797 efforts of our agents who risked their 01:21.797 --> 01:24.180 own lives to save the lives of others . 01:25.040 --> 01:27.040 While we perform rescues around the 01:27.040 --> 01:29.780 clock throughout the year , the summer 01:29.780 --> 01:31.724 months are exceptionally dangerous 01:32.240 --> 01:34.351 Temperatures in southern Arizona will 01:34.351 --> 01:38.160 exceed an intense 110° as we expect 01:38.160 --> 01:40.310 them to do this weekend . Heat 01:40.310 --> 01:42.199 exhaustion and heat stroke in the 01:42.199 --> 01:44.780 desert are highly probable for a 01:44.780 --> 01:46.990 migrant wandering our remote mountains 01:47.260 --> 01:49.260 and valleys potentially abandoned , 01:49.450 --> 01:52.730 exposed to the sun running out of water . 01:53.240 --> 01:56.680 They are a certainty we do all we can 01:56.690 --> 01:58.690 to mitigate this potentially tragic 01:58.690 --> 02:00.990 scenario . To that end , CBP is 02:00.990 --> 02:03.360 providing agents from three points and 02:03.360 --> 02:05.416 casagrande stations with heat stress 02:05.416 --> 02:08.160 kits . These stations were chosen for 02:08.160 --> 02:10.640 the rollout of this new tool due to the 02:10.640 --> 02:12.640 high number of heat related migrant 02:12.640 --> 02:15.670 deaths in their areas in recent years . 02:16.300 --> 02:19.290 The kids contain electrolyte packets , 02:19.650 --> 02:22.470 instant cold packs , cooling towels , 02:22.710 --> 02:25.260 sunscreen and disposable emergency 02:25.260 --> 02:28.170 blankets for creating shade . These 02:28.170 --> 02:30.410 kits are easy to carry and their items 02:30.410 --> 02:32.577 can be quickly administered . They are 02:32.577 --> 02:35.220 designed to support immediate life 02:35.220 --> 02:38.220 saving measures . Those simple they can 02:38.220 --> 02:40.053 be enough to support a desperate 02:40.053 --> 02:42.560 individual until more advanced help can 02:42.560 --> 02:45.180 arrive . Of course , all our agents 02:45.180 --> 02:47.830 carry first aid kits and water . More 02:47.830 --> 02:50.830 than 230 Tucson sector agents are E . M . 02:50.830 --> 02:53.540 T . S . Some are trained paramedics who 02:53.540 --> 02:56.120 carry additional medical gear including 02:56.120 --> 02:58.820 IV's for intravenously introducing life 02:58.820 --> 03:02.280 saving fluids to those suffering from 03:02.280 --> 03:05.710 severe dehydration , assisted by CBP 03:05.740 --> 03:08.440 Air and Marine operations . Our agents , 03:08.440 --> 03:10.496 including our Outstanding Board Star 03:10.496 --> 03:12.980 Team , fly to remote areas to locate 03:12.990 --> 03:16.580 and rescue migrants Through May of this 03:16.580 --> 03:19.130 fiscal year . Tucson sector agents have 03:19.130 --> 03:21.180 performed an outstanding 03:21.380 --> 03:25.290 2192 rescues . Whether with 03:25.290 --> 03:27.490 our new heats trace kits . Our 03:27.490 --> 03:30.480 paramedics are partnerships or our 03:30.480 --> 03:32.313 technology designed to encourage 03:32.313 --> 03:34.440 migrants to make that call for help . 03:34.500 --> 03:36.810 Such as our rescue beacons . We do 03:36.810 --> 03:38.699 everything we can to ensure every 03:38.699 --> 03:40.990 migrant who needs help gets it . But 03:40.990 --> 03:43.260 the fact of the matter remains And 03:43.260 --> 03:46.050 temperatures over 100° if you're 03:46.050 --> 03:47.939 without water , food or shelter . 03:48.340 --> 03:50.507 You're a statistic waiting to happen . 03:51.040 --> 03:53.010 So I reiterate if you're someone 03:53.010 --> 03:54.954 thinking of illegally crossing our 03:54.954 --> 03:57.360 border , especially during the months 03:57.360 --> 04:00.060 of intense summer heat . Reconsider , 04:01.040 --> 04:04.260 yeah , our borders are closed . 04:05.140 --> 04:07.510 If you cross illegally you will be 04:07.510 --> 04:09.240 subject to border restrictions 04:09.240 --> 04:11.850 including expulsion . If you are 04:11.850 --> 04:14.580 traveling with family or Children , you 04:14.580 --> 04:16.570 are putting all of your lives at 04:16.580 --> 04:19.270 unnecessary risk . The journey is 04:19.270 --> 04:21.410 severe . Not all who wander into our 04:21.410 --> 04:23.810 desert will be saved despite the very 04:23.810 --> 04:26.590 best of our lifesaving efforts . Thank 04:26.590 --> 04:27.590 you . 04:31.040 --> 04:33.030 Thank you . Chief uh now Assistant 04:33.030 --> 04:36.650 Chief jerry Carrasco from headquarters . 04:38.640 --> 04:41.290 Good morning . My name is Jerry 04:41.290 --> 04:43.457 Carrasco , an assistant chief assigned 04:43.457 --> 04:45.401 to the office of the Chief Medical 04:45.401 --> 04:47.234 Officer . CBP places the highest 04:47.234 --> 04:49.400 priority of health and well being on 04:49.400 --> 04:51.430 the CBP personnel and the people we 04:51.430 --> 04:53.840 encounter on a daily basis . We 04:53.840 --> 04:55.951 recognize that some of the persons in 04:55.951 --> 04:58.118 custody have had traumatic journeys to 04:58.118 --> 05:00.118 the US as well as underlying health 05:00.118 --> 05:02.620 conditions . In response to this CBP 05:02.620 --> 05:05.320 has significantly expanded its medical 05:05.320 --> 05:07.660 efforts along the southwest border . 05:08.040 --> 05:09.818 This includes ensuring in depth 05:09.818 --> 05:11.929 training to R . C . B . P and T . S . 05:11.929 --> 05:13.818 And paramedics as well as our CBP 05:13.818 --> 05:16.660 contracted medical personnel . We also 05:16.670 --> 05:18.820 know that due to evolving dynamic 05:18.830 --> 05:22.650 operational situations , Our front 05:22.650 --> 05:24.840 line agents and officers are 05:24.840 --> 05:26.896 increasingly confronted with medical 05:26.896 --> 05:28.618 issues in the field and in CBP 05:28.618 --> 05:32.230 facilities to address this CBP is 05:32.230 --> 05:34.063 feeling a training course in the 05:34.063 --> 05:35.841 recognition of medical distress 05:35.841 --> 05:37.674 directed at frontline agents and 05:37.674 --> 05:40.340 officers . This training was developed 05:40.340 --> 05:42.507 by the CBP office of the chief medical 05:42.507 --> 05:44.770 Officer with significant consultation 05:44.770 --> 05:47.130 with subject matter experts . The 05:47.130 --> 05:48.963 training will provide agents and 05:48.963 --> 05:51.186 officers with the knowledge to properly 05:51.186 --> 05:53.352 address medical distress in persons in 05:53.352 --> 05:55.463 custody and persons that we encounter 05:55.463 --> 05:58.720 on daily operations . This training 05:58.720 --> 06:00.831 focuses on the three hours of medical 06:00.831 --> 06:03.490 distress recognition response and 06:03.490 --> 06:05.930 referral . Agents and officers are 06:05.930 --> 06:07.763 taught to recognize red flags of 06:07.763 --> 06:10.400 medical distress across a variety of 06:10.400 --> 06:12.910 settings and situations including heat 06:12.910 --> 06:16.240 injury and heat distress . Agents and 06:16.240 --> 06:18.296 officers are also taught to properly 06:18.296 --> 06:20.940 respond , including ensuring safety 06:21.000 --> 06:23.490 providing CpR first aid and bleeding 06:23.490 --> 06:26.360 control . Were appropriate agents and 06:26.360 --> 06:28.582 officers are also taught to refer cases 06:28.582 --> 06:30.693 of medical distress using CBP medical 06:30.693 --> 06:32.582 support process that includes our 06:32.582 --> 06:34.804 internal E . M . T . S . And paramedics 06:34.804 --> 06:37.027 contracted medical personnel as well as 06:37.027 --> 06:40.560 the local E . M . S . 911 system . This 06:40.560 --> 06:43.010 training will be uploaded into our 06:43.010 --> 06:45.830 virtual virtual training plan and will 06:45.830 --> 06:47.774 be required annual training of all 06:47.774 --> 06:51.640 agents and officers . That's it . Thank 06:51.640 --> 06:55.370 you . Thank you . Assistant Chief 06:55.370 --> 06:56.370 William Beltran . 07:00.140 --> 07:02.307 Morning everyone , William Veteran U . 07:02.307 --> 07:04.418 S . Patrol . Headquarters , Assistant 07:04.418 --> 07:06.251 Chief for the Strategic Planning 07:06.251 --> 07:08.251 Analysis directorate . So thank you 07:08.251 --> 07:10.307 today for for joining us . So really 07:10.307 --> 07:12.418 what we wanted to relay is the safety 07:12.418 --> 07:14.584 and health of the workforce and others 07:14.584 --> 07:16.807 that we encounter in the field is a top 07:16.807 --> 07:18.973 priority for us . Border Patrol . As a 07:18.973 --> 07:21.140 result , we're constantly working with 07:21.140 --> 07:23.029 internal external stakeholders to 07:23.029 --> 07:25.251 improve our humanitarian mission and to 07:25.251 --> 07:27.140 continue to save lives out in the 07:27.140 --> 07:29.140 desert in anticipation of this heat 07:29.140 --> 07:31.600 season . We are here today to support 07:31.600 --> 07:34.470 Tucson sector with the rollout of this 07:34.480 --> 07:36.500 uh of this kit , which is the heat 07:36.500 --> 07:38.556 stress kit . The chief has mentioned 07:38.556 --> 07:40.833 some of the items included in that kit . 07:40.940 --> 07:43.051 However , this kid is an intermediate 07:43.051 --> 07:45.470 tool . This kid on it on its own is not 07:45.470 --> 07:48.620 going to only save lives . This is part 07:48.630 --> 07:50.852 of a single piece of a layered approach 07:50.852 --> 07:53.330 to save lives . As we've learned , 07:53.340 --> 07:56.110 there are other methods . We have 07:56.120 --> 07:58.700 training and resources . We have 07:58.710 --> 08:00.877 emergency response planning that we do 08:00.877 --> 08:02.710 on a regular basis , and we also 08:02.710 --> 08:05.180 leverage technology technology today . 08:05.190 --> 08:07.357 As you see behind you , we have rescue 08:07.357 --> 08:09.660 beacons . We have 911 placards . Uh we 08:09.660 --> 08:11.930 have the 911 system . We work with 08:11.930 --> 08:15.380 their local E . M . S , 911 ambulance , 08:15.390 --> 08:18.600 uh local stakeholders to ensure that we 08:18.600 --> 08:20.489 provide the next level of care or 08:20.489 --> 08:22.600 advanced medical care . As this is an 08:22.600 --> 08:24.850 intermediate tool to expand the minutes 08:24.850 --> 08:27.072 and the seconds and the lives of others 08:27.072 --> 08:29.294 until we can get them to a safe place . 08:29.294 --> 08:30.906 To continue to work on those 08:30.906 --> 08:32.850 individuals to to ensure that they 08:32.850 --> 08:34.906 receive the treatment that they that 08:34.906 --> 08:36.961 they need . Uh what this kid does is 08:36.961 --> 08:39.017 it's going to assist with mitigating 08:39.017 --> 08:41.017 some of those heat stress signs and 08:41.017 --> 08:43.239 symptoms . So one way that we are going 08:43.239 --> 08:45.350 to relate to the agents here is we're 08:45.350 --> 08:47.517 gonna offer them some training tools . 08:47.517 --> 08:47.450 We're gonna let them know that it's key 08:47.460 --> 08:49.349 to recognize signs and symptoms . 08:49.349 --> 08:51.516 That's an essential piece of , of this 08:51.516 --> 08:53.627 program is quick recognition of those 08:53.627 --> 08:55.738 signs and then rolling out the proper 08:55.738 --> 08:57.860 care and tools to effectively treat 08:57.860 --> 09:01.680 that individual . Uh , so again , the 09:01.680 --> 09:03.569 heat stress kit is one piece of a 09:03.569 --> 09:05.730 larger strategic system . We work 09:05.730 --> 09:07.508 together with all our local law 09:07.508 --> 09:09.730 enforcement partners , federal agencies 09:09.730 --> 09:11.674 and others , and we are constantly 09:11.674 --> 09:13.674 working to improve our efforts . So 09:13.674 --> 09:15.730 thank you for joining today , and we 09:15.730 --> 09:15.270 look forward to any other questions . 09:15.280 --> 09:16.360 Thank you .