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Also in May, a former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting a $5,000 bribe to provide immigration paperwork to illegal border crossers, according to another complaint.
Noem joined Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, Sunday morning, the same area made infamous several years back when now-unemployed ex-VP Kamala Harris falsely accused agents of whipping ...
In Ysleta, Texas, Border Patrol agents intercepted a group of foreign nationals using power tools to breach storm drains as a way to illegally enter the U.S. The alleged smuggler and those being ...
In his declaration, Abbott cited the Mexico–United States border crisis and the need to secure the border. The Texas National Guard blocked U.S. Border Patrol agents from patrolling the area, which the Border Patrol had been using to hold migrants in recent weeks. [71] [72] After the closure, three migrants were found drowned in the Rio Grande.
Still, over the years, there have been reforms to Border Patrol and CBP practices, largely the result of local community activism — including a 1992 class-action lawsuit in which El Paso high ...
Agent Gonzalez, 38, began serving in Border Patrol on Aug. 1, 2011, as part of the 980th session of the Border Patrol Academy, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was killed in the ...
The checkpoints are described as "the third layer in the Border Patrol's three-layer strategy", following "line watch" and "roving patrol" operations near the border. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2] Border Patrol agents at checkpoints have legal authority that agents do not have when patrolling areas away from the ...
Knife-wielding Tren de Aragua gang members are mobbing border crossings at El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to break into the US — and have said they will attack border guards who try to stop them ...