Ryan Riccucci, a 17-year agency veteran, says he feels the agency is misunderstood by the U.S. public.
Ryan Riccucci, division chief of law enforcement operational programs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, says he feels his agency is often misunderstood by the U.S. public. Here, he poses for a portrait in his office at the Tucson Sector headquarters in Arizona on March 26.
Riccucci and his partner searched the car on the U.S. side and found bales of marijuana. As they unloaded the drugs, their radio chirped. Riccucci's agency is central to the immigration debate, but the public often misunderstands the agency's role, he said. "One time I ran into a group, and they didn't run. They asked me to go find an older lady they had left behind," he said."It was an old Guatemalan woman, and she was delirious. I was able to give her an IV. It brought her back to life because she was so dehydrated."
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