Border Patrol

File photo of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Study: Deportation Doesn’t Deter Border Crossings

Arrests and deportation from the United States largely isn’t effective in keeping Mexican nationals from wanting to re-enter the country, particularly those who consider the United States their home, a study released Thursday by the University of Arizona found.

2013/03/28

File photo of a border security expo. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Border Patrol Officials Cancel Speaking Engagements At Security Expo Due To Sequester Cuts

A border security expo set for Phoenix this week comes at a bad time for companies hoping to sell their high-tech wares to the federal government amid massive spending cuts that are affecting every agency, including the U.S. Border Patrol.

2013/03/12

US Border Patrol agents (Photo credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Court Limits Border Searches Of Electronic Devices

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Border Patrol agents must have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity before conducting comprehensive searches of laptops or other digital devices in what civil liberties activists are calling a significant victory for privacy rights.

2013/03/08

U.S. Army National Guardsman Spc. Bernard Mendoza, 24, watches for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on June 22, 2011 in Nogales, Ariz. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Border Patrol: Smugglers Use Cannon To Launch Cans Of Marijuana Into US

U.S. Border Patrol agents say smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country — a cannon.

2012/12/12

The U.S.- Mexico border wall is shown in Nogales, Arizona. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Source: Mexican Teen Killed By US BP Agent

A U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people throwing rocks from across the Mexican border, killing a teenage boy and eliciting outrage from the Mexican government over the use of lethal force, authorities said Thursday.

2012/10/11

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle moves along the border fence with Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

N.M. State Police Finishing Joint Border Operation

New Mexico State Police and federal agents are wrapping up an aggressive effort to round up illegal weapons and stall narcotic trafficking in New Mexico’s Bootheel area.

2012/07/08

File photo of a U.S. Border Patrol mobile surveillance unit. (credit: John Cancalosi/GettyImages)

Mother Of 19-Year-Old Killed By Border Patrol Sues Federal Government

The mother of a 19-year-old man fatally shot in the back by a U.S. Border Patrol agent has sued the federal government and the agent himself, claiming it was “an appalling use of excessive force” because her son was unarmed, had his back to the agent and posed no threat.

2012/06/12

President Barack Obama speaks with U.S. Border Patrol personnel as he visits a border post between U.S. and Mexico on May 10, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Border Patrol Unveils First National Strategy In 8 Years

The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday unveiled its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering illegally from Mexico dropped to a 40-year low.

2012/05/08

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