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
Agents found a pound of marijuana in his car
Local and federal law enforcement officers seized 984 pounds of methamphetamine from the ‘superlab’ worth an estimated $44 million
DPS troopers say smugglers are becoming more active and brazen, taking desperate measures to avoid being caught
He was charged with marijuana possession after 6 ounces were found aboard his tour bus in Texas
Through written agreements with the federal government, local police and sheriff’s deputies are given the power to question people about whether they are in the country legally and issue arrest warrants, prepare charging documents, and detain and transport criminals
Mexican officials blasted the law as a prejudiced attack against its citizens in the state; that condemnation has spread south
The DOJ doesn’t prosecute medical-marijuana users, but other federal agencies say they must treat pot as an illegal drug
Susana Martinez has been a vocal opponent of the state’s law that allows illegal immigrants to receive driver’s licenses
OTM is a delightful little acronym for illegal immigrants who are ‘Other Than Mexican’ — SIA stands for ‘Special Interest Aliens’ from terrorist nations like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen
Committee wants to draft new law before next session
The tunnel, the size of six football fields, has lighting, ventilation and a rail system to send loads of illegal drugs into California
Don Chuy was actually the role of Jesus “Chuy” Carrillo, an undercover special agent with the U.S. Border Patrol
Police are investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border
All 14 officers resigned one day after the building was riddled with thousands of bullets and grenades
Marisol Valles Garcia is still in the process of finishing her criminology degree
Janet Napolitano says heightened enforcement is slowing illegal immigration
ICE removed 392,000 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2010, which ended Sept. 30, an increase of more than 23,000 who were deported the year before
The number falls short of the agency’s goal of 400,000 for the 2010 fiscal year
A man and his wife were riding jet skis back from Mexico when the gunmen approached
Two nationally known forensic pathologists raised questions about the nature of the officer’s wound
Sentenced to 15 months in a federal prison for stealing and selling scrap metal from the fence project in Arizona
In Mexico, some consider Jesus Malverde the patron saint of the underworld
An agency spokesperson says as long as agents feel their life is in danger, they are allowed to use lethal force
During a meeting of border state Sheriffs, Senator John McCain criticized opposition to Arizona’s controversial immigration law
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials rescued more than three dozen immigrants locked inside a boarded-up bedroom
Say he refused to turn over records after allegations that he discriminates against Hispanics
It could give Mexican and US authorities a deeper look into the workings of Mexico’s drug underworld
Thousands have been fired since May for failing to do their work or being linked to corruption
The violence is not just in Juarez; it’s also south of New Mexico, Arizona, and California
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