Border patrol is not a domestic law enforcement issue, it is a national defense issue.
It's immigration law.
Which is exactly why President Eisenhower sent troops to the southern border to round up illegals with his plan called Operation *******.
Maybe you're growing senile, because the operation involved border patrol and mexican troops.
Operation ******* - Wikipedia
Operation ******* was a system of tactical control and cooperation within the U.S. Border Patrol and alongside the Mexican government.
[26] Planning between the INS, led by
Gen. Joseph Swing as appointed by President Eisenhower, and the Mexican government began in early 1954 while the program was formally announced in May 1954.
[27] On May 17, command teams of 12 Border Patrol agents, buses, planes, and temporary processing stations began locating, processing, and deporting Mexicans who had illegally entered the United States.
A total of 750 immigration and border patrol officers and investigators; 300 jeeps, cars and buses; and seven airplanes were allocated for the operation