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Officers tried to arrest him after he failed a field sobriety test, but he dashed across the highway and disappeared into the woods
A house overflowing with more than 100 people presumed to be in the U.S. illegally was uncovered just outside Houston on Wednesday
“Criticism drives a more responsible and better government,” Alejandro Mayorkas said
Steven Brian Keith, 58, died about 7 hours after he was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint, EMTs assumed he was faking a seizure
Police professionals know about the consequences of even small head wounds — none of which are pleasant — but Border Patrol agents may know best about a rock’s impact with the head
FBI believes a Border Patrol agent found dead in his Texas home is responsible for the kidnapping and assault of three women who were in the country illegally
Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher directed border agents not to step in front of moving vehicles, nor to use their bodies to block them, in order to open fire at drivers
Less than half the people Arizona Department of Public Safety officers suspect are in the country illegally are picked up by immigration authorities or booked into jail
Secretary Jeh Johnson has been reviewing the rules about when border agents can use their guns since he took office in December
Agent said he was hit in the head with a rock and fired at least twice in fear for his life
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday dropped nine counts of conspiracy and fraud against the 60-year-old former president of the National Border Patrol Council
A man will be sentenced in federal court Monday in the killing of a border agent in a police sting in which agents lost track of hundreds of guns sold to criminals
The account marks the most complete publicly available summary by prosecutors of the Dec. 14, 2010, firefight
AB1327 would require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants except in certain emergencies
Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said much of the increase was due to an influx of would-be immigrants from Central America
The 12-pound robots let agents navigate an underground labyrinth in a fraction of the time it would take an agent to explore the tunnel
Adam Garibay fatally shot Keith Martin, then led police on an 18-mile pursuit before he was forced off the road
Darrell Jean Windhaus , 71, was pronounced dead at the port after suddenly collapsing
Despite beliefs that they aren’t adequately trained to do so, they’ve been assisting with serving warrants and other duties
The Police Executive Research Forum recommended that the Border Patrol stop the use of deadly force against rock throwers
The driver, who died at the scene, had led California Highway Patrol officers on a nearly 100-mile chase
The Inspector General couldn’t come up with a tally of excessive force allegations against Border Patrol agents and customs officers because the agency’s databases do not allow them to be categorized that way
The trooper opened fire to disable the vehicle because it was barreling toward a school zone
To date, only three women have become members of the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) Team of U.S. Customs and Border Protection — Julie Gallagher is one of them
Authorities say an anonymous call led police to the two-story house, no arrests were made
Daniel Jupa-Fino, 21, has been arrested for illegally crossing the Mexico border 11 times in 3 years
Experts cautioned that taking down the group’s command structure is unlikely to diminish violence in the border states where it dominates through terror
Deputies caught 31 of the immigrants, and estimate that at least another 15 got away
2 former agents will serve time for running a ring that smuggled more than 500 illegal immigrants into the U.S.
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