Las Cruces Public Schools told KOAT in a statement that a bus filled with students was stopped at a border patrol checkpoint on Friday, Feb. 24, while they were traveling to a state swim competition. Border Patrol said agents boarded the bus to check the legal status of its passengers because the bus was unmarked.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico, says he wants answers after his office received reports that U.S. Border Patrol agents boarded a bus of Las Cruces High School

Congressman Gabe Vasquez responded Monday to reports that the Border Patrol questioned a local high school swim team on their way to a competition last week. The students' unmarked charter bus was reportedly stopped at a highway checkpoint north of Las Cruces on Feb.