Border Patrol
The Border Patrol topic provides current news and information about ongoing border protection issues and challenges.
From Kate’s Law to sanctuary cities, Jim and Doug discuss the topic in detail
There is a lot of debate and concern among law enforcement officials about EO 13768
Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress surprised many of his detractors
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
Federal authorities are stepping up audits of businesses, hoping to catch employers who hired those here illegally
An agent with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency heard glass break in a bedroom sliding glass door before shooting the intruder
FBI officials said the investigation into the death of Agent Rogelio Martinez yielded no evidence that there was a “scuffle, altercation or attack”
Some experts called a routine exercise by Border Patrol questionable while rights groups deemed it problematic
Smuggling organizations know Border Patrol’s surveillance cameras don’t work well in thick fog, so they use it as a cover to bring larger numbers of people into the U.S.
Mayor de Blasio said the city will investigate the NYPD’s handling of a protest against the deportation of immigration activist Ravi Ragbir
The Florida House passed a bill designed to crack down on cities and counties that don’t comply with federal immigration authorities
The action appears to open a new front in Trump’s sharp expansion of immigration enforcement
The 85-year-old lawman tweeted he is seeking the post to support Trump’s policies
Guadalupe Valdez — the state’s first openly gay and first Latina sheriff — is the front-runner in a crowded Democratic primary
A judge also denied a defense request to grant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate a new trial for his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm
Andres Sanchez, 20, wore a law enforcement uniform and drove an unmarked vehicle to pull over and rob drivers he suspected of being immigrants
Officials said the vehicle collided with the hog, which caused it to swerve into oncoming traffic and hit a SUV
Agent Lee Smith said Texas’ Big Bend is “the absolute weakest link on the southern border”
