Border Patrol
The Border Patrol topic provides current news and information about ongoing border protection issues and challenges.
When constructing a new and uniquely different program, it may be advisable to use a technique called ‘The Bell, The Book, and The Candle’
If the criminal element is on the freeway, chances are pretty good that someone from Border Patrol is likely to encounter it
The connection between criminal activity — whether one might consider it ‘organized’ or not — and terrorist organizations has history that continues to this very day
Arrests of people crossing the border illegally dropped roughly 44 percent during President Donald Trump’s first month in office
The bill says cities, state agencies and public colleges can’t prevent employees from asking someone’s immigration status
Checkpoints are under some scrutiny after a checkpoint was set up near a local school that has a 22 percent Hispanic enrollment
The group is urging Mayor Ted Wheeler and the City Council to “declare ICE a non-grata federal agency in Portland”
There is a lot of debate and concern among law enforcement officials about EO 13768
Carlos Erazo-Velasquez escaped from agents at a local hospital after previously attempting to evade arrest and assaulting a Border Patrol Agent
The revised travel order leaves Iraq off the list of banned countries but still affects would-be visitors from Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Libya
State and local police would be prohibited from collecting personal information on residents beyond what is needed to carry out their LE duties
Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress surprised many of his detractors
Under the Department of Homeland Security, the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement agency would address victims of crime perpetrated by immigrants
He invited the widows of two officers killed by an undocumented immigrant
A memo states the department may need to change its hiring process to reach Trump’s desired number of agents
“I think there’s value in having the feds only take the immigration issue. I want local people to trust the local law enforcement”
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said a federal regulation makes the jail records an advocacy group seeks exempt from disclosure
Officials pushed back hard against the assertion that they had duped the Santa Cruz PD into helping them make immigration arrests during a raid
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said there will be “no mass deportations” and “no use of military forces” in immigration crackdown
The resolution affirms Santa Fe’s status as “a welcoming community for immigrants and refugees,” without specifically stating they are a sanctuary city
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said serious overcrowding in the county jail forced him to deploy his ICE-trained deputies elsewhere
The Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a priority for deportation
The new bill would remove half of the state sales tax from Idaho cities and counties if local LEOs curtailed enforcing federal immigration laws
The State Patrol is reviewing whether the trooper followed an internal policy that limits how much troopers can do to help federal immigration officials
The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal to a case involving a 2010 shooting of a Mexican teen by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent
Sheriff Paul Penzone said he will no longer detain inmates past their release dates to accommodate federal authorities
Mayor Carlos Gimenez defended the decision saying county police are only agreeing to hold people flagged by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Spokesman Sean Spicer said the proposal to mobilize as many as 100K National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants was “not a White House document”
City leaders say Arizona’s 2010 immigration law, known as SB1070, bars any Arizona city from becoming a sanctuary
Homeland Security said 680 people were arrested in roundups last week targeting immigrants living illegally in the U.S.
Last month, President Trump signed an executive order directing DHS to prioritize the removal of people in the U.S. illegally who had criminal convictions
Despite tough talk from Trump, many sheriffs still fear that they lack the legal right to hold prisoners for possible deportation, even at the request of the feds
One person has been arrested in Austin for throwing lit fireworks into a city police car, setting it on fire, during a protest
