Border Force: America's Gatekeepers
Season 2
This 10-part documentary series follows the works of Customs and Border Protection Officers on the 28 international bridges that connect the United States and Mexico.
Where to Watch Border Force: America's Gatekeepers • Season 2
10 Episodes
- Life on the Line
E1Life on the LineOfficers put their lives on the line when they transfer cartel members to the Mexican military authorities. A Police officer from Caracas, Venezuela, pleads for asylum in the United States, and a man who has been bar hopping on the other side of the river returns to the United States and finds his angry wife waiting for him. - Hardcore Narcotics
E2Hardcore NarcoticsA routine X ray reveals suspicious packages hidden inside the tyres of a pick up truck, and a specialized team is tasked with extracting the packages. Officers seize a shipment of marijuana worth about 50 million dollars. Barricades are erected on the Juarez Lincoln Bridge in an attempt to prevent illegal immigrants from forcing their way on to American soil. - Human Smuggling Operation
E3Human Smuggling OperationA family forced out of Honduras by the gangs, seek asylum in America. At the World Trade Bridge officials search a cargo truck and find a large shipment of marijuana hidden in it, and in a surprise turn of events, on the Brownsville Gateway Bridge, an inspection of an SUV driven by a pregnant mother of two, appears to be a human smuggling operation. - Kidnapped by the Cartel
E4Kidnapped by the CartelA young boy arrives at one of the bridges, and his sorry hard luck story seems out of keeping with his new clothes and clean appearance, so Officers must investigate further. After way too much alcohol on an all day bar hop over the border, two sisters are detained after one of them makes the mistake of getting physical with a customs officer. - Storming the Bridge
E5Storming the BridgeHidalgo bridge is over run by asylum seekers trying to jump the queue, which forces officials to close the bridge. When two bags of sweets are found wrapped in a tarpaulin, Officers suspect something is amiss, and man from Cuba with mother in law problems, is politely informed that he has no grounds seeking asylum because of her. - $50,000 in Cash
E6$50,000 in CashDay trippers can buy prescription pills on the cheap in Mexico, resulting in a continual challenge for border officers. A new recruit looking for her first drugs seizure is rewarded with success when she stops an SUV heading for Atlanta, and elsewhere a suspected courier for one of the Mexican cartels, appears to be trying to smuggle 50,000 in cash out of the country. - Hidden in Plain Sight
E8Hidden in Plain SightA Venezuelan refugee tells officers how she was smuggled through Central America to the border. An American couple caught smuggling Methamphetamine offer information about so called stash houses where drugs and illegal immigrants are being kept. Meanwhile, embarrassed smiles all round with officers in Hidalgo when their latest drugs bust is 0.3 grams of marijuana. - Teenage Drug Bust
E10Teenage Drug BustTwo teenage girls are caught smuggling anti anxiety pills, an strange vehicle is found to contain many boxes of drugs and a suspected gang member tries to cross over. In a pickup truck, a high tech coding system, suspected of hiding a drug concealment, poses a challenge for officers.
