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
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
15,000 LEOs will be getting trained on how to enforce the new measure
ICE spokesman: No human smugglers arrested, no reports of mistreatment
Should police be allowed to question people about their immigration status?
Balancing act for cops who must enforce new laws
The bill requires local police to question people about their immigration status
Opponents say bill will foster racial profiling
The new measure would be the latest crackdown in Arizona, which has an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants
Two-day multi-agency called ‘Allied Shield’ brought down 24 documented gang members
The suspect rammed another car and tried to escape
Van operators are accused of transporting illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to Phoenix
Backers say state law is necessary to help stop violent crimes and keep officers safe
The large-scale drug ring smuggled drugs from Mexico to California and Washington
Lookout suspect says the Texas correctional officer had been ‘hunted’ by the Mexican gang
A jail in the northern Mexican city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, has proven porous in the past
Deputies arrested a dozen people and seized meth and pot
Humans, guns, untaxed cigarettes, kiddie porn, pirated software, and other digital contraband are out on the roads
Mexican law enforcement is stepping up actions against traffickers who use aircraft
The work along the border needs more reassessment, Napolitano says
Lengthy chase leads to 12 initially, 46 more after interrogations
Many lawmakers say that using the pricey Predator aircraft is worth it
MOST POPULAR
- Off-duty Fla. LEO finds $12M worth of cocaine while fishing
- Border Patrol Agent wounded in shooting in southern Ariz.
- US border agency tests body cam use by agents in 9 locations
- Off-duty Texas Border Patrol agent, 2 others dead after collision with hog
- FBI: Border Patrol agent’s death a ‘potential assault ‘