U.S. Border Patrol sees rise in egg interceptions amid soaring prices



U.S. Customs and Border officials are now scrambling to stop people from bringing raw eggs from Mexico into the country as Americans face surging prices for the product. NBC’s Steven Romo reports on why the illegal move is increasing and when the spike in egg prices will end.

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24 comments

  1. See ik them thighs tht came during the chicken drought of 2020 wasn't rite

  2. Dehydrate the eggs and heat seal in mason jars before crossing back over to the US 👍

  3. So dumb…we already have the avian flu…..what’s the difference….let us have the eggs…..I think it’s pretty funny that eggs have become the new confiscated item….next thing eggs will be guarded by armed guards!

  4. I guess you have no chickens. I guess the next time get yourself some chickens. It will save you money.🤔

  5. What do you expect when the cost of living goes up and your pay doesn't correlate with it.

  6. Remember kids, any nation with a president is a corporation and not a country. 28 U.S. Code § 3002 – Chapter 15; "United States" is. A.) Federal Corporation

  7. Forget cocaine eggs are the new illegal contraband

  8. Just like toilet paper. Crazy. Really I think people can live without eggs. I won't buy them .

  9. We have this problem also, more expensive 25% because of corruption on duty of many government officers in Thailand.

  10. Lies, Lies,Lies, and more lies. You mean to tell me that they are more worried about a chiken egg than illegal immigrants? Ridiculous. The avian flu does not transmit by cracking an egg to make an omelette. By doing so, it does not infect a chicken miles away from the suburbs. See? They first started by buying up the farm lands, then randomly burning down food plants, and now this.. the name of the game is "control." If you make dogs beg for food, they will do whatever you want. This is how they are treating us.

  11. Supply drops by 30%, prices increase by 300%. It's also not as if it takes more than a couple months for chickens to be raised to replace the ones that were killed.

  12. Oh no! God forbid that people make an omelette. Gtfoh. Smh.

  13. It shouldn’t be a struggle to NOT VOTE DEMOCRATS!

  14. If the cartels start selling food seems like a win 😆

  15. If someone told me in 2015 that people would be smuggling eggs to America. I would not believe it and laugh 😂.

  16. Big deal. Don't buy eggs. You can get plenty of protein other ways. Wait six months and see if everything goes back to normal. If it doesn't wait another six months.

  17. This is how it begins……

  18. Can you imagine if the world killed millions of humans to stop coronavirus?

  19. La noticias no disen por que están los huvos tan alto pero la verdad es que se quemaron como 10 granjas de huevos alrededor de ESTADOS UNIDOS EN DIFERENTES ESTADOS DEL PAÍS ESTÁ RARO TODO ESTO NOOOO🤔 para mi que todo es arreglado o echo al propósito

  20. We can live with less eggs. The price is high, so i only use eggs for some meals. When , if, the price returns to normal, i will continue to buy less.