Arrests for illegal border crossings top 50,000 in May
NEW YORK — U.S. Border Patrol agents made 51,912 arrests in May for illegal crossings, the third month in a row the number has topped 50,000 amid a new “zero tolerance” policy and agents separating...
View ArticleActing homeland security secretary defends border conditions
WASHINGTON — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday defended conditions at U.S. Border Patrol stations following reports of crowded and unsanitary conditions that have heightened...
View ArticleUS border agent wounded, suspect killed during traffic stop
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas — Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and wounded during a traffic stop near the Texas border city of Del Rio and that another agent shot and killed the gunman....
View ArticleNew border wall being built in San Diego sector along with other ‘manpower...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Border Report) — U.S. Border Patrol Agents Justin Castregon and Jarrett Decker were atop a bluff on Monday morning that overlooks Imperial Beach and a border wall that juts into the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Border Patrol agents showcase border wall in California
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents took Border Report on a four-hour tour of the new border wall being built near San Diego. The 14-mile structure spans to the Pacific Ocean. In addition,...
View ArticleIt’s a unity of effort searching for migrants in Big Bend, Border Patrol...
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (Border Report) — Border Patrol agents who patrol this remote stretch of cast wilderness in West Texas say a surge of migrants — mostly families coming from Guatemala —...
View ArticleBorder agents use skill and technology to stop fugitives, migrants with...
ALPINE, Texas (Border Report) — When Border Patrol agents stopped a bus and made a quick citizenship check on the passengers late this summer at a Sierra Blanca, Texas, highway checkpoint, one man...
View ArticleDel Rio residents on the Rio Grande say they feel safe, despite no border wall
DEL RIO, Texas (Border Report) — Del Rio is a community of more than 35,000 people that sits right on the border. The only thing separating the city and Mexico is the Rio Grande. For Pat and Patsy,...
View ArticleRespite center sees sharp drop in migrants as more must wait in Mexico,...
DEL RIO, Texas— Tiffany Zook is the wife of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and she said since March, she has watched her community in far southwest Texas struggle to help an onslaught of migrants. They’re...
View ArticleLaredo residents see various ways migrants try to cross Rio Grande
LAREDO, Texas (Border Report) — Danniel Montes says it’s not uncommon to see migrants try to cross the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into the U.S. “Everyday, you can see them coming across,...
View ArticleWorker injured when New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel collapsed detained by ICE 2...
NEW ORLEANS — A worker who fell down three stories after the Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans partially collapsed was detained by immigration officials two days later, his spokesperson...
View ArticleMigrants in tractor-trailer can’t hide from alert US Border Patrol canine
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol this week stopped a tractor-trailer concealing 13 unauthorized migrants in the sleeper cabin at a highway checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Agents foiled the...
View Article16-year-old boy accused of using remote control car to smuggle meth across...
SAN DIEGO — A 16-year-old boy is accused of helping smuggle drugs into the U.S. via remote control car. Border Patrol agents said they arrested the teen around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 after they...
View ArticleBorder Patrol found liquid meth found inside transmission fluid, coolant...
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents on Wednesday, Dec. 12 arrested a man in Southern California after allegedly finding liquid methamphetamine hidden in his car, authorities said. Around...
View ArticleUS citizen arrested by Border Patrol dies in custody
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas — A 32-year-old US citizen arrested by Border Patrol agents died in custody in Texas on Tuesday, according to a Customs and Border Protection statement. Customs and Border...
View ArticleBorder Patrol ex-agent gets 6-year prison term for aiding smugglers
TUCSON, Ariz. — A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who admitted helping traffickers smuggle drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border has been sentenced to six years in prison on drug and bribery...
View ArticleTexas Border Patrol officers seized $37M of meth in tomato shipment
LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol officers seized a total of $37 million worth of methamphetamine at the Laredo Port of Entry from a commercial shipment of tomatoes from Mexico, officials said on...
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