ExxonMobil is the dominant estate for the two million acres between the Rio Grande River and Corpus Christi. They have it all tied up in old leases. Only Exxon can control the access because only Exxon knows who they have joint ventures with. All of XOM's JV's are confidential. There is no coordination with landowners or law enforcement. Sending more federal officers to the border is pointless because they don't know who is authorized by Exxon and who isn't. It is Exxon's roads that bypass the checkpoint and they are built for 18-wheelers. Law enforcement patrols the public roads. They don't patrol Exxon's private network of roads around the Border Patrol checkpoints.
For example, ExxonMobil has a confidential joint venture with a company called Coronado. (which just sold to Kerr McGee) Coronado issued nearly 200 road use licenses for the entire ranch with no notice to the landowner or law enforcement and no public filings. The land owner has no control over access and is thus not responsible for the kidnapping and killings that go on in the ExxonMobil's leases. Here is a sample of one of Exxon's road use license forms that their contractors use:
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