Nation Nov 20 Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns By Byron Tau, Garance Burke, Associated Press
Nation Nov 17 Watch 6:06 How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in city Charlotte is the latest city to be targeted by the Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration. William Brangham discussed how local officials are responding to Border Patrol agents on the city’s streets with George Dunlap, a… By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz
Nation Nov 17 After weekend’s Border Patrol surge in Charlotte, North Carolina governor says effort is ‘stoking fear’ North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says they've seen agents in paramilitary gear targeting citizens based on their skin color and picking up random people off sidewalks. Stein called on residents to stay peaceful. By Sophia Tareen, Brian Witte, Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press
Nation Nov 16 Border Patrol commander says immigration raids lead to dozens of arrests in North Carolina The Trump administration has made the Democratic city of about 950,000 people its latest target for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime. That's despite fierce objections from local leaders and down trending crime rates. By Sophia Tareen, Brian Witte, Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press
Politics Oct 29 Appeals court blocks judge’s order requiring daily briefings on Chicago immigration sweeps An appeals court intervened Wednesday and suddenly blocked an order that required Greg Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, to give unprecedented daily briefings to a judge about immigration sweeps in Chicago. By Christine Fernando, Associated Press
Oct 15 Protesters on Chicago’s South Side are teargassed after high-speed Border Patrol chase ends in arrest By Christine Fernando, Associated Press As agents arrested the person, a crowd began to form and “crowd control methods were used,” DHS officials said. Continue reading
Jan 22 Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says By Kathy McCormack, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Agent David Maland, 44, was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement. A German national in the country on what the FBI called a current visa was killed. Continue reading
Apr 04 Border Patrol must care for migrant children who wait in camps for processing, a judge says By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency's custody. That means the federal government must quickly place them in safe facilities. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 5:00 Border standoff between Texas, feds intensifies as governor defies Supreme Court ruling By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan, Shrai Popat This week, the Supreme Court sided with federal agents to remove razor wire put in place by Texas along the Rio Grande. The state is using wire and state agents to block Border Patrol from accessing a section of the… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 7:05 Rep. Cuellar on border dispute between Texas, federal officials after migrant deaths By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ali Schmitz Following the death of a woman and two children in the Rio Grande along the southern border, a dispute between Texas and federal officials has intensified. The migrants drowned while attempting to cross into Eagle Pass at a section of… Continue watching