Jan 20 WATCH: Border Patrol and ICE leaders defend tactics used in Minneapolis operations By Associated Press ICE and Border Patrol officers have used aggressive tactics during the recent crackdown in Minnesota, including breaking down the door of a family’s home without a judicial warrant and pulling people from vehicles. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 7:39 Border Patrol's expanding role in Trump's immigration crackdown By Liz Landers, Jonah Anderson, Leila Jackson The Department of Homeland Security confirms it started a sweeping immigration crackdown in New Orleans. The News Hour confirmed that Border Patrol, not Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is primarily running the New Orleans operation. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports… Continue watching
Nov 20 Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns By Byron Tau, Garance Burke, Associated Press The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 6:06 How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration's immigration crackdown in city By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz 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… Continue watching
Nov 17 After weekend's Border Patrol surge in Charlotte, North Carolina governor says effort is 'stoking fear' By Sophia Tareen, Brian Witte, Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Nov 16 Border Patrol commander says immigration raids lead to dozens of arrests in North Carolina By Sophia Tareen, Brian Witte, Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 29 Appeals court blocks judge's order requiring daily briefings on Chicago immigration sweeps By Christine Fernando, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
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