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
Schools unsure of new law
Mexican officers will pay close attention to trouble spots to avoid incidents like last week’s fatal shooting
Crossed an international bridge from Mexico after being shot in the abdomen
The uncorroborated threats are in response to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca
Narcotics smuggling has risen alongside the agency’s growth
Video taken by witness on Mexican side of border
Officers say they came under a barrage of big stones while trying to detain illegal immigrants on US side of border
Say they aready use a similar directive to detain undocumented immigrants
The group allegedly threw rocks at border agents while trying to enter the country illegally
Wife says he twice brandished a gun and threatened to shoot his family
The anonymous texts can report activity along the northwest border of the US
Mexican authorities want a full investigation into the 14-year-old boy’s death
Guard troops on the border won’t be able to patrol it, make arrests, or use deadly force
A letter to the law enforcement community from the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
Heroin can sell for $10 a bag and can kill unsuspecting users instantly
Several Arizona police chiefs and sheriffs say, as hard as officers try not to profile, enforcing the law will inevitably lead to it
L.A. Has voted to boycott Arizona because of its immigration law, and the UN has suggested it could violate human rights. Will any of this matter to Arizonans?
Insufficient funds are hindering the fight against spillover violence from Mexican drug wars
Arpaio says that the law is something his officers have been enforcing anyway
Van “cloned” to look like either a tour van or a security van, authorities say
“I just don’t want to leave my 4,000 dedicated employees,” Arpaio said
All are illegal immigrants; 3 suspected in attack
The deputy is expected to survive, but the search continues for the shooter
Robert Rosas was shot eight times in the head, neck, and torso
Suit says there are no “race-neutral criteria” to determine who in the U.S. lawfully
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