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Jesus Hernandez and Guadalupe Guereca, the parents of Mexican teenager Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent who fired from the Texas side of border, stand in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., after oral arguments in their case, November 12, 2019. Photo by Andrew Chung/Reuters

Supreme Court rules parents of slain Mexican teenager cannot sue border agent

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks without a warrant

In an emailed statement, the company said it would notify the Department of Homeland Security that it does not consent to unwarranted searches on its buses or in areas of terminals that are not open to the general public.

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

U.S. judge sides with migrants in case against Border Patrol

A U.S. judge in Arizona has issued a permanent order requiring the Border Patrol to provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants within 12 hours of arriving at a detention facility.

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

A girl from Central America rests on thermal blankets at a detention facility run by the U.S. Border Patrol on September 8, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. The Border Patrol opened the holding center to temporarily house the children after tens of thousands of families and unaccompanied minors from Central America crossed the border illegally into the United States during the spring and summer. Although the flow of underage immigrants has since slowed greatly, thousands of them are now housed in centers around the United States as immigration courts process their cases. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Trial opens over Border Patrol detention conditions

The lawsuit filed in 2015 applies to eight Border Patrol facilities where attorneys say migrants are for long stretches of time in squalid and freezing cells.

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

Life in a town with more Border Patrol agents than residents

The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents stood at over 1,700 in 1975, but today nearly 20,000 agents are on patrol as one of the largest and most well-funded enforcement agencies in the country. A new documentary called "Undeterred," sheds…

By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green

Supreme Court weighs whether family of slain Mexican teen can sue in U.S.

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The high court on Tuesday heard arguments in a 2010 case where Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. fired into Mexico, killing Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca. The unarmed boy was playing a game with friends.

Border Patrol boss defends her membership in controversial Facebook group

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said she immediately reported her involvement in a Facebook group, whose members mocked migrants and lawmakers, to an oversight division.

Pence tour of migrant center shows men crowded in cages

By Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men were crowded in sweltering cages without cots.

Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The report by U.S. government auditors -- who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children are processed and detained -- offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking…

Investigation launched into secret Border Patrol Facebook group

By A.C. Thompson, Dara Lind, ProPublica

The investigation comes after a ProPublica report exposing the secret three-year-old Facebook group, which is called “I’m 10-15” and has some 9,500 members.