Border Patrol
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The Bigs in Blue mentoring program connects youth with police in communities throughout the nation, building strong, trusting and long-lasting relationships
Princeton police are trying to ease concerns about a patrol vehicle that has “ICE” on its door
Why Karrar Al Khammasi wasn’t deported was among the questions left unanswered Friday as his bond was revoked
Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was among seven people charged in the 2010 slaying of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
The union representing ICE employees urged the mayor to end his ban on city police helping ICE workers who have faced hostility from pro-immigrant activists
Officials said the agency is misusing the information to conduct sweeps in which otherwise law-abiding immigrants are also being caught up
Mayor Jim Kenney is defending the police decision to tear down the encampment
The driver, a suspected smuggler and also believed to be a U.S. citizen, survived the crash
Information on the agent’s injuries or the circumstances of the shooting was not immediately released
The operation is one of the largest against employers in recent years on allegations of violating immigration laws
Interagency communication and mission awareness are vital to successful operations
Sheriff Margaret Mims told the president the sanctuary laws have put sheriffs like herself in “an untenable position”
Counter surveillance of law enforcement is becoming the fastest-growing way organized criminals are using drones
The largest stretch of the wall is expected to rise later this year in the Rio Grande Valley and have the most potential to deter immigrants and drug smugglers
The testing could lead to a broad rollout by the nation’s largest LE agency that would make it the first federal agency to use the devices on a large scale
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was fatally shot as he threw rocks at authorities during a drug smuggling attempt
Trump’s Justice Department is refusing to handle the case
Leaders of California’s second-largest county voted Tuesday to support Trump’s lawsuit against the state’s sanctuary law
The city said that the federal government, not the state, has authority when it comes to immigration
A judge ruled the DOJ cannot favor PDs that are willing to cooperate with immigration agents when it doles out tens of millions of dollars in funding each year
California Gov. Jerry Brown insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement
The board’s vote may mark the biggest maneuver yet in a nascent local movement against California’s law to protect people residing illegally in the country
The county is considering fighting the law that bars police in many cases from turning over suspects to federal agents for deportation
The vote followed intense comments by residents who packed the tiny council chambers to speak for and against the effort
In Texas, the fight over a new law known as Senate Bill 4 has raged for more than a year
The administration sued to block California laws that extend protections to people living in the U.S. illegally
An ICE official said that Mayor Libby Schaaf’s warning helped an estimated 800 “criminal aliens” avoid capture
Thomas Homan said what Mayor Libby Schaaf did was “no better than a gang lookout yelling ‘police’ when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood”
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said it was her “duty and moral obligation” to warn families
Sheriff Sally Hernandez would not sign a letter committing to hold arrested undocumented immigrants for ICE
The president’s comments were the latest effort by the Trump administration to pressure “sanctuary cities” to cooperate with federal immigration authorities
