A federal judge sentenced three men in Laredo to lengthy prison sentences for kidnapping and extorting eight illegal aliens they smuggled into the U.S. Prosecutors accused the men of assaulting the Mexican nationals while holding them captive and then attempting to coerce additional smuggling fees from the families of their human cargo.
A report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week demonstrates all tunnels discovered were under the U.S.-Mexico Border.
A Mexican national was busted attempting to smuggle highly lethal narcotics into the United States.
While Americans are applauding President Trump’s 180-degree turn from the immigration and border security policies of the Obama years, the president should take time to correct a grievous 10-years-old mistake from the Bush dynasty as well.
Border Patrol agents found tens of thousands of dollars-worth of marijuana stashed inside a hearse.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered an abandoned tunnel on a tip.
An illegal immigrant is being charged with misdemeanor vehicular death after he allegedly killed an elderly North Carolina man by refusing to stop at a red light.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas rescued two Mexican nationals from drowning while swimming in the Rio Grande River. Mexicans along the south bank of the river notified the agents as to the two men’s distress.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” National Border Council Local 2544 of Tuscon, AZ President Art Del Cueto stated that while the number of illegal border crossings is falling, “we sometimes look at this as
An illegal immigrant was convicted and sentenced to life in prison after admitting to sexually abusing two young girls for nearly two years.
An illegal immigrant living in Tyler, Texas, is accused of molesting a young child.
Officials honored 31 U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Sector during a ceremony held Tuesday night in south Texas. The ceremony recognized acts of bravery and life-saving efforts of the agents in eight separate incidents.
An annual survey of Texas residents found a state torn over the path forward for immigration and border security reforms.
An illegal immigrant sex offender was arrested again in Texas after being deported from the U.S. six days prior.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped-up arrests of illegal aliens during the first weeks of President Trump’s term.
A Border Patrol K9 agent in southwestern Arizona discovered 30 pounds of methamphetamine and other drugs at an inland border checkpoint.
National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 union president Hector Garza said Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend” that there is a huge need for border patrol agents right now to help secure the border. “Right now we cannot hire border patrol
The 2010 murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry by a 7-time previously deported illegal alien could have been prevented, says the agent’s brother Kent Terry in an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas. Terry’s family hopes the Trump Administration will now go after “the real criminals” responsible for putting the “Fast and Furious” guns in the accused killer’s hands.
Two leading advocates for reforming illegal and legal immigration enforcement were appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as senior advisors for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) stated the decline in illegal immigration experienced in the past few months is “due strictly to President Trump’s policies.”
A leftist environmentalist nonprofit and a Democrat Arizona congressman filed a lawsuit that could halt or slow construction of President Trump’s promised border wall. The group wants an impact to determine any harm caused to jaguars and Mexican gray wolves by a barrier and additional border agents.
A report published this week reveals that assaults on U.S. Border Patrol agents during the first half of the current fiscal year are up 143 percent over the same period in FY 2016. Since the fiscal year began on October 1, 462 Border Patrol agents have been assaulted.
The driver of a pickup truck suspected of human smuggling escaped arrest after leading Border Patrol agents and local police on a chase. The driver rammed a police car during the pursuit.
The man who allegedly killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010 using a gun purchased through an Obama Administration gun running program has been arrested in Mexico.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Border Patrol agent and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd stated, “Just the simple promise we’re going to enforce the laws, the way the laws are written, has
Jenny Jarvie of the Los Angeles Times writes that the “Rio Grande Valley is unusually quiet as Southwest border crossings drop to lowest point in at least 17 years.”
Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) agents rescued a Honduran migrant who suffered a gunshot wound while traveling through Mexico. The man managed to survive the injury long enough to struggle across the border where agents found him in the Arizona desert.
A new report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates a significant decrease in border apprehensions along the U.S./Mexico Border of more than 60 percent since the month President Donald Trump took office. Total apprehension for March declined from the previous month by 30 percent.
A criminal illegal immigrant who was deported some four times already has been arrested again by the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Trump Administration rewarded Border Patrol agents for their support of him as president by picking an Obama holdover whom they despise to be their boss. Trump chose the Obama-hired Customs and Border deputy who was tasked with enacting Obama’s open border vision to lead the parent agency of Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection (CBP). All of the Border Patrol agents who spoke with Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darby from all nine Southwest border sectors expressed feeling betrayed or otherwise hurt by Trump choosing a man who did so much damage to them to be their new boss.
A contractor bidding on President Trump’s border wall wants to know if authorities will “rush in” to protect his crew if they come under “hostile fire” during construction, according to an Associated Press story reported by Yahoo News.
Appearing on this week’s Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, a former head of internal affairs at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discusses whether the agency can properly vet 15,000 new Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents
Border Patrol officials in the Rio Grande Valley Sector report that their agents arrested more than 100 previously deported sex offenders that illegally re-entered the U.S. Agents arrested two during a one-hour period in separate locations in the sector on Wednesday.
Several illegal immigrants attacked Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector during a 24-hour period.
Border Patrol agents apprehended two Mexican nationals crossing the border in southern Arizona after being previously deported for sex crimes.
An illegal alien tied up a woman and attempted to kidnap her and steal her car after she gave him food and water for three days.
Three U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the San Diego Sector came under assault in separate incidents on Wednesday evening. These attacks add to the already alarming increase in attacks.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Sector arrested a previously deported criminal alien. Immigration officials previously deported the man following his conviction on a felony charge in Texas.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican cartel smugglers continue trying to find new ways to bring drugs into the country. From backpackers wading over the Rio Grande to makeshift ferries used to move loaded vehicles, organized criminals continue to use this border city as launch pad to move large shipments.
A previously deported criminal alien from Mexico faces second-degree murder charges and federal charges after allegedly shooting and killing a teenager.
