U.S. border agents are in grave danger, with many facing the risk of losing their lives in the line of duty, according to latest reports. 

Securing the border has been one of the major problems facing President Joe Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s administrations, and the issue will play a pivotal role in deciding the result of the next election. 

With border agents struggling to keep the border safe, orders came from cartel leaders in Mexico to their foot soldiers. According to an internal memo sent out to federal agents in the El Paso sector, the order —which came from the leaders of the deadly Sinaloa cartel— gave the green light to cartel members to open fire on border patrol agents. 

The order came following the arrest of kingpins Ismael’ El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López. The notorious group’s cofounder Zambada and López, the son of Joaquín’ El Chapo’ Guzmán, were arrested on U.S. soil in July after they flew into the country in a small plane. 

Both men’s arrests have left the Sinaloa cartel in disarray, with nearly 200 people dead in the gang war that has erupted since. The turmoil has grown so fierce that cartel members are now permitted to shoot border agents. 

Former Homeland Security Investigation agent Victor Avila told NewsNation that the cartel has no fear and would not hesitate to use its resources against border agents. 

“They do have the resources and they do have the capability, and they will use them against us,” Avila said.

Customs and Border Patrol agents in the surrounding El Paso sector have received reports warning them to approach any suspected cartel members with extreme caution. 

The gang violence is now threatening to spill over the border and into the U.S. Contractors working on a ranch in Eagle Pass reported that cartel members opened fire on them while they were working on Oct. 15. 

Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) blamed the Biden-Harris administration for the sad situation. 

“We have long heard from Border Control agents that they face increased risks in their frontline jobs,” Green said. “These reports are just further proof that the cartels will stop at nothing to take what they want. Our border patrol agents deserve policies that will make their jobs easier. Unfortunately Biden and Harris have given them the opposite.”