New Agents Train At US Border Patrol Academy In New Mexico

ARTESIA, NM - AUGUST 02: Trainee Stevany Shakare, 24, attempts to complete an obstacle course at the U.S. Border Patrol Academy on August 2, 2017 in Artesia, New Mexico. Shakare immigrated to Michigan with her family from Iraq in 2004, fleeing violence after the U.S. invasion. All new Border Patrol agents attend the academy in New Mexico before assuming their posts, mostly along the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump has pledged to add an additional 5,000 agents to the Border Patrol force of more than 21,000 as part of his border security policy. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)