Feb 19 U.S. judge sides with migrants in case against Border Patrol By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 13 Trial opens over Border Patrol detention conditions By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 6:53 Life in a town with more Border Patrol agents than residents By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green 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… Continue watching
Nov 12 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. Continue reading
Jul 24 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. Continue reading
Jul 13 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. Continue reading
Jul 02 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… Continue reading
Jul 02 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. Continue reading
Jul 01 Border Patrol agents’ sexist Facebook posts ‘inappropriate,’ chief says By Associated Press Carla Provost said in a statement Monday that any employee who violated standards will be held accountable. ProPublica published a report on the closed Facebook group that comprises about 9,500 current and former employees. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 8:39 How political instability is making U.S. immigration situation worse The U.S.-Mexico border continues to drive political turmoil. After reports of miserable conditions for detained migrant children, John Sanders, acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, resigned. Meanwhile, Congress is scrambling to reach a border funding deal. Lisa Desjardins… Continue watching