BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Federal immigration officials released a statement over its ongoing operations taking place in Kern County this week. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

The agency said in a post to X on Sunday that scammers are posing as CBP officers and Border Patrol agents while promising money for information or threatening that law enforcement is on the way.

“The limited east/west road access … has constrained agents’ abilities to safely and efficiently respond to this area,” CBP said in its 2023 scoping letter, outlining the goals of the project.