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
Authorities say the tunnel may have smuggled people into US
New Mexico is one of only three states where an illegal immigrant can get a driver’s license
A group massed outside of one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails
The family of 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a Border Patrol agent filed the suit
Organization says shackling alleged illegal immigrants is cruel and unusual punishment
Local forces face the most concentrated violence in the ongoing battle with cartels
Under Secure Communities, the FBI shares the fingerprints with Homeland Security to look for potentially deportable immigrants
Jan Brewer wants to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state’s immigration enforcement law
The new requirement stems from a law enforcement operation in Arizona that resulted in high-powered weapons flowing into Mexico
Juarez chief of police says Mexican federal cops shot at his vehicle several times
Group VII was supposed to be leading the way with operation ‘Fast and Furious’
Emilio Gonzales pleaded guilty to murder of a federal officer
The website received 725 online donations totaling $31,295 within its first 14 hours
Police seized 212 pounds of drugs worth $5.7 million
Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, one of Mexico’s most wanted, allegedly killed an ICE agent
The state prosecutor’s office said 3 police officers were seriously injured and 2 gunmen detained in the attack
San Diego police are leading the investigation of the incident in which a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a Mexican man who was allegedly trying to sneak across the border
Victim threated to strike a border patrol agent with a concrete slab
Policy directs ICE officers to use ‘appropriate discretion’ to make sure victims and witnesses to crimes are not put into deportation proceedings
Union Pacific spends $3.6 million a year on its own police officers and has spent another $72.5 million supporting federal efforts on the U.S.-Mexico border
Cruelty includes kidnapping bus passengers for gladiatorlike fights to the death
Sicila’s peace caravan asks for end to Merida Initiative
New statute will provide more muscle for officers, but complete impact remains to be seen
Operation was the culmination of a 2-year effort targeting ‘transnational gangs’
Gov. Perry added a tough immigration measure to Tuesday’s special session
If the criminal element is on the freeway, chances are pretty good that someone from Border Patrol is likely to encounter it
Ruling opens door for states, Congress to mandate verification
Rafael Mora-Lopez, who was born in Mexico as Rafael Espinoza, is expected to plead guilty to charges of passport fraud and false claim of U.S. citizenship
Illegal immigrants arrested for petty crimes won’t be held longer than necessary, even if Feds want them detained for possible deportation
