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
Study by Police Executive Research Forum cites worries about eroding community ties
The latest roundup is part of a more than 5-year-old effort aimed at U.S. street gangs with ties to Mexican drug cartels and other drug traffickers
ATF spokesman Tom Crowley is referring questions about further details to the U.S. Justice Department
Customs and Border Protection agents, all in uniform, stood two-deep in lengthy lines along each wall of the packed room
They say the proposals are bad ideas that will strain police and harm public safety
Armed men in at least two vehicles forced the SUV off road and opened fire
Requirements would be limited to the four states bordering Mexico
The Border Patrol was aware of all illegal border crossings on only 25 percent of the border, or 1,000 out of 4,000 miles
The same economic law of supply and demand that fuels drug smuggling into the US fuels gun smuggling into Mexico
Says a gun battle is all but certain within the next 30 to 60 days
Due to the sheer number of arrests made every year by the Border Patrol, Immigration Courts are just as bogged down in procedure, legal wrangling, and politics as any other criminal court
There is more known terrorist activity in Canada than in Mexico, yet only 1 percent of the border is being policed
The number dropped at the start of the recession, but is now holding still
Police said the couple are missionaries from South Texas who travel extensively into Mexico
His son, Marcos Manzano Jr., was arrested earlier this month and charged with harboring illegal immigrants
Today’s border is ravaged by violence spilling from Mexico that is already a U.S. national security emergency
Three people were wounded when a shootout erupted during a robbery attempt inside a Juárez shopping mall
The video questions the value of the border fence
Accused of wrongful death and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a Mexican boy who threw rocks in June
Formed in the late 1990s from a small group of elite soldiers who deserted the militarly to work for the Gulf drug cartel, the Zetas had operations in 28 major Mexican cities by 2008
Illegally hid his dad in his home since September 2009
An autopsy says the teen who was throwing rocks at the agents was killed by gunfire, not by falling from the fence
The teen fell from a border fence while throwing rocks at Border Agents, but his companions say a a cop shot him
Every other cop in the dangerous border village of Guadalupe was either killed or quit the force
U.S. agents work along the Mexican border to stop illegal aliens and to fight drug trafficking
Although they’re great roadblocks against improper use of LE information, sometimes that constant stream of little hiccups can complicate an already complicated job
Mexico has expressed concern about the deaths of migrants during recent incidents involving U.S. Border Patrol officers
Killed while trying to catch bandits who target illegal immigrants for robbery
Prosecutors are expected to ask a judge to sentence Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt to 10 years in prison
Two people were arrested on smuggling, kidnapping and extortion charges
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