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
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was killed, colleague Victor Avila wounded
An investigation by Border Patrol headquarters determined that an officer’s views were ‘contrary to core characteristics’
Federal authorities are touting a proposal to open an unmanned port of entry as a security upgrade
Whether or not Zetas are conducting paramilitary, police-impersonation operations here in the US, the incident in Houston is a watershed event indeed
In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, Border Patrol arrested 327,577 people trying to cross the southern U.S. border
Modern cartels pose one of the biggest threats to law enforcement not just on the southern border, but nationwide
A cross-border tunnel was discovered to be equipped with electric rail cars, a hydraulic lift and end-to-end wood floors
The fence is Arizona’s latest attempt to force a debate on whether the federal government is doing enough to stop illegal immigration
ICE has placed a detainer on Alfredo Romero Posada, who has been charged in three sexual assaults in Somerville and Medford
Predator program is playing a larger role in the nation’s border security
Federal courts have blocked parts of the Republican-backed law from taking effect
Proposed waiver to environmental law faces skeptics who say the one-size-fits all approach to reshape border protection makes little sense
One can only guess what the jury’s findings might have been had they known about the “armed escort alert” received by the agents 24 hours earlier that escalated their awareness level
A Utah man dodged prison and got himself deported to Mexico
The vehicle was suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants
Current and former Border Patrol agents said field offices around the country began receiving the order last month
Similar laws have been passed in Utah, Georgia, South Carolina and Indiana
Officer threw bundles of marijuana out the window of his government vehicle
Detaining two farm workers as suspected illegal immigrants was without bias, a group found
More than a dozen people have been killed, including three Chihuahua state police investigators
When constructing a new and uniquely different program, it may be advisable to use a technique called ‘The Bell, The Book, and The Candle’
The program depends on police and sheriff’s deputies to hold suspected illegal immigrants
The law is described by both supporters and opponents as the toughest state law in the U.S. targeting illegal immigrants
Pot bundles are shaped to go between the bars of new border fence
A gang of masked men vow to exterminate the violent Zetas drug cartel
U.S. involvement south of its border is a sensitive issue in Mexico, where it is seen by some as interference
Man fired a shot from a starter pistol as officers converged on him and then the officers opened fire
A group is reviewing a controversial program to identify illegal immigrants
While the amount of undocumented immigrants in general is declining, one group is increasing: juveniles
The change comes at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix
