Agent Ben Vik explains how tracking sticks are used to find a trail.

U.S. Border Patrol agents tracked 2 trucks, one which had been reported stolen in Yuma, seizing more than $2 million in marijuana. Video courtesy USBP

U.S. Border Patrol agents came upon this Jeep Cherokee stuck on a border fence in the Imperial Sand Dunes around midnight Tuesday. The occupants fled back to Mexico and agents confiscated the Jeep and the ramps. VIDEO COURTESY USCBP

Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol reenact a typical chase through the desert for reporters attending a recent media academy.

The U.S. Border Patrol media academy took a trip down to the U.S./Mexico border to see what agents observe on a daily basis on the job.