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
Tucson sector agents patrol every area surrounding a pond that is home to the endangered desert pupfish
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said a deputy and two female detention officers at the sheriff’s largest jail facility were among 12 people taken into custody
The connection between criminal activity — whether one might consider it ‘organized’ or not — and terrorist organizations has history that continues to this very day
Mexico-born Rafael Mora-Lopez will plead guilty to charges of passport fraud and false claim of U.S. citizenship
Trucks detained in Chiapas; migrants were transported in dangerously crowded conditions
They were positioning their vehicle while tracking illegal immigrants when they were struck by a 90-car freight train
The indictment for Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of El Fuerte, Mexico, was unsealed Friday at his arraignment in Tucson
The officer was arrested after authorities searched his home and found documents confirming his true identity
States took a cue from Arizona, where a judge blocked officers’ ability to determine immigration status during stops
U.S Justice Department says law violates the Constitution because enforcing immigration law is a federal issue
Sen. Charles E. Grassley wants to know whether ATF ordered its agents not to cooperate in his investigation of the shooting
Accused of smuggling several bundles of marijuana across the border from Mexico in a marked Border Patrol truck
Some say ports of entry vulnerable as resources go to stop illegal immigrants
Jesus Navarro is charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy to distribute marijuana in connection with the death of agent Luis Aguilar in January 2008
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says “Operation 602 Exchange” resulted in the seizure of 223 weapons, many of them stolen
The Border Patrol statement says the birds are valued at about $500
Suspected drug smuggler was attempting to flee into Mexico by climbing over a border fence when he was shot 3 times by a pursuing Border Patrol Agent
Anti-illegal immigration group is criticizing a scenario involving a teen who vents his anger over immigration through violence
When you’re a ‘loaner’ you can be on urban streets surrounded by millions on one day and the next day be deep in a canyon outnumbered 10-to-1 by rattlesnakes
Constantine Peter Kallas, a one-time assistant chief counsel for ICE, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $296,000 in restitution
Unprecedented numbers of cops work in Mexico and high-profile arrests occur monthly while drones spy on cartels
Concluded the Sept. 5 killing of Manuel Jaminez was a proper use of force
11 suspects total in El Paso scheme
The Panasonic Toughbook computers were purchased with federal funds and allocations for border security
Marisol Valles Garcia, who had been receiving death threats, traveled to the US last week and did not return to work this morning
Would also require government agencies to verify the immigration status of people older than 18
Several reports indicate she is, but the El Paso Times is reporting that she will be back to work on Monday
New policies could have prevented the crash last year that killed Sister Denise Mosier and injured two other nuns