LORDSBURG, New Mexico (Border Report) – Agency lore states that when Congress founded the U.S. Border Patrol in 1924, there were two requisites to join: Grab your gun and bring a horse.

"The main mission, I believe, is to preserve life, and it's a treacherous area," the Border Patrol agent told Newsweek.

It's a tough spot. Basically, what happened was this large group was coming across, not heeding any directions from our border patrol and the horses were engaged in trying to control the crowd ...

AP joined the Border Patrol for six hours in San Diego, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings much of the last year, and ...

Others display artifacts and information about how the Border Patrol completes its job, such as one about the Horse Patrol, which does all of its work on horseback and still rides today.