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.

The students’ unmarked charter bus was reportedly stopped at a highway checkpoint north of Las Cruces on Feb. 21, en route to Albuquerque for the state swimming and diving championships

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 students and “harassed” them Friday,