what the officers saw in the back of the squad car that night. The infrared camera, which captures images with little or no light, clearly showed Mr. Williams in the back of the car. However, it cannot be established that this was the vantage point of the subject officers for several reasons. First, there is no backseat lighting in the car and there were minimal artificial lighting sources where the squad car was located. Next, each officer had custody of Mr. Williams for only a short duration of time and no officer watched Mr. Williams for the entire time that he was in distress in the squad car. Finally, there is no evidence that the officers were watching Mr. Williams on the squad car monitor in the frontdepartments of Justice, State and Interior, among others, requesting backup at the border from their law enforcement personnel. The unusual request, first reported Friday by Politico, would potentially deputize forest rangers, U.S. marshals and other federal officers to work as auxiliary immigration agents.

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A Justice Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record, confirmed Friday that the Drug Enforcement Administration would provide 33 agents, and that the U.S. Marshals Service is sending 11 of its staff to the border in California. Their precise role was not immediately clear, but an official said they would lend assistance at the request of Customs and Border Protection.

U.S. marshals and DEA agents already have a large and active presence along the