Border Patrol
The Border Patrol topic provides current news and information about ongoing border protection issues and challenges.
As political rhetoric and fractured coordination reshape enforcement, police chiefs and sheriffs face rising risks to officer safety, legal exposure and institutional trust
From political violence and immigration enforcement to shifting criminal justice policy, 2025 forced local law enforcement to absorb the consequences of national decisions — regardless of ideology
The 5th Circuit upheld a human trafficking conviction after ruling a deputy’s detention and search were supported by reasonable suspicion
Legally complex case in which agent could not be charged because death occurred on Mexican soil
Gave information to Arellano drug cartel while working for Calif. atty. general’s office
A San Diego County coroner’s autopsy found that the suspect died of a heart attack
Illegal immigrants have only limited protection under the US Constitution
‘Risk-based approach’ will also assess threat to national security
All but the driver are suspected illegal immigrants
Will press on with their lawsuit against the agent despite prosecutors’ decision not to charge
The lawsuit seeks to bar agents from making traffic stops
State and federal agencies are cracking down on border town corruption as part of the larger effort to battle Mexican drug cartels
ICE officials said 2,700 cases have been shelved
Increased deportations, heightened US patrols among contributing factors
According to TASER training experts, specific factors would need to be in place in order for the device to cause a fire
Jaime Avila Jr. allegedly bought two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting of a federal agent
Agency states efforts to settle civil rights charges in jeopardy
Jose Gustavo Diaz-Velasquez told investigators he had arranged for transport of thousands of illegal immigrants during the past year using 30 drivers he hired through Craigslist
Agents got a report just before midnight that a car was heading the wrong way on Interstate 8
The Obama administration is suing to block a similar law in Alabama
Police in Mexico’s most violent city were moved to guarded hotels for protection
Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald D. Vitiello said patrolling the border can be an unpredictable job that requires longer hours from agents
Brian Terry died when his special-operations unit got into a shootout with border bandits in a remote canyon area in southern Ariz.
Unsealed federal court records identify a second man in the December 2010 killing of Arizona Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
The Obama administration has recommended canceling deportation proceedings for more than 1,600 illegal immigrants in Denver and Baltimore
After years of enormous growth in staff and technology, Border Patrol feels it now has enough of a handle to begin imposing more serious consequences
Cook County has been at the center of the debate over the treatment of illegal immigrants for several months
Prosecutors said they object to records being unsealed that reveal the identity of any charged defendant who has not yet been arrested, but they are willing to unseal the remaining records
Includes requirement for law officers to check the immigration status of people they pull over if officers suspect they are in the country illegally
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