Agents Rescue 2 Illegal Aliens from Salinity Canal Agents Rescue 2 Illegal Aliens from Salinity Canal Release Date: February 16, 2021 YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Station rescued two illegal aliens who entered the Salinity Canal and began struggling in the current. Just before 4.p.m. on Sunday, agents observed a man and woman enter the canal near County 17 ½ Street. As they struggled in the water, Border Patrol agents responded to the scene and threw a rescue disc and were able to pull one subject from the water while the other was able to pull himself out of the current.