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Border Patrol

Jun 26, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on border shooting

A new ruling Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court could prove good news for the mother of a Mexican teen hoping to sue the Border Patrol agent who shot her son.

Jun 9, 2017

Slain Border Patrol agent’s family still seeks answers 6 years later

In sometimes-emotional testimony to a House committee June 7, Josephine Terry discussed how she felt left in the dark on probes into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives failed Operation Fast and Furious.

May 16, 2017

Drug smuggler accusations rise in border shooting case

The attorney for a Border Patrol agent who shot a teen through the fence is claiming the victim was involved in drug smuggling.

May 8, 2017

Border shooting trial set

Lonnie Swartz will go on trial in federal court on Oct. 12 for shooting and killing a teen across the border in Mexico.

Apr 26, 2017

Rush to hire border agents raises concerns about unqualified officers

A Trump administration plan to hire thousands of border and immigration officers has advocates concerned about a possible repeat of the last hiring binge, which they said was followed by an increase in corruption and misconduct cases.

Jan 29, 2017

Trump wants to enlist local police in immigration crackdown

To build his highly touted deportation force, President Donald Trump is reviving a long-standing program that deputizes local officers to enforce federal immigration law.

Nov 21, 2016

Dangers faced by migrants often extend to border shelters

Vandals broke into a shelter, left feces on crosses made by migrant men and trashed other parts of the building. Someone made a threatening call to a priest who helps serve warm meals to recently deported immigrants.

Nov 21, 2016

Judge orders Border Patrol to improve detention conditions

A federal judge in Tucson, Arizona, has ordered the Border Patrol to improve conditions at its holding facilities in most of the state, saying the agency was not following its own standards by keeping migrants in crowded, cold cells without proper bedding.

Sep 22, 2016

2 counties to get state funding for deputies for border unit

The state plans to provide two counties with partial funding for sheriff's deputies to work on Arizona's new border strike force and those counties and two others would also get money to pay for costs stemming from border-related crime.

Sep 14, 2016

Southern Arizona residents take border security gripes to Congress

Two southern Arizona residents told a House panel Tuesday that their communities have grown more dangerous due to what they see as a lack of security at the Arizona-Mexico border.

Aug 19, 2016

Images show crowded, dirty Border Patrol cells in Arizona

Images filed as evidence in a lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol citing inhumane conditions in Arizona detention facilities show men jammed together under a thin thermal blanket trying to stay warm and a woman using a concrete floor strewn with trash to change a baby's diaper.

Jul 26, 2016

New details emerge in fatal border shooting of Mexican teen

A Border Patrol agent indicted for the fatal shooting of a Mexican teen through the gaps of a border fence threw up after the shooting and said people were throwing rocks and struck a police dog.

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