By Astrid Dominguez Last month, the National Border Patrol Council — the union representing 16,500 of the Border Patrol’s 21,000 agents — issued a full-throatedendorsement of presidential candidate Donald Trump, who notched another primary victory last night in my fellow border state, New York. So I thought this was as good of a time as any to break down why several statements in NBPC’s endorsement exemplify the agency’s reputation as the nation’s most “out-of-control” law-enforcement agency. Continue reading

  Pete Gallego’s going green in a bid to reclaim the purple district for Democrats. Last year, freshman U.S. Representative Will Hurd cosponsored a bill requiring the Department of Homeland Security to build close to 200 miles of road in the Big Bend region, giving Border Patrol agents unfettered authority to chop up large swaths of desert wilderness. Continue reading

  By Agencia EFE Tucson (AZ), 18 abr (EFEUSA).- Activistas de organizaciones fronterizas del sur del país realizaron la pasada semana una visita de tres días a la frontera de Texas por donde están cruzando la mayor cantidad de menores sin acompañante y familias.   Continue reading

  By Associated Press New Mexico Gov. Susan Martinez is expressing fundamental differences with presidential candidate Donald Trump on his proposal to build a bigger wall along the southern U.S. border and make Mexico pay for it. Continue reading

  Es imposible olvidar los gritos de un hombre indefenso que imploraba auxilio. Fue una noche tibia de mayo de 2010, cuando al menos una docena de agentes fronterizos sometían a puntapiés, macanazos y descargas eléctricas a Anastasio Hernández Rojas. El violento incidente sucedió a escasos metros de la antigua salida peatonal de la garita internacional de San Ysidro, ante la mirada atónita de cientos de personas que observaban horrorizadas como los uniformados acababan con la vida de un ser humano. Continue reading

  Six years after migrant's death, family suit points to larger issues surrounding border activity, investigations The family of a migrant from Mexico who died from injuries inflicted by border police in 2010 announced last month that they are suing the U.S. in an international case for human rights violations that their lawyer, Roxanna Altholz of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, says is the first of its kind. Continue reading

  The Border Patrol agent accused of attacking a Massena couple who stopped to help his wife after a fatal accident pleaded not guilty to felony assault charges. Continue reading

  By Christopher Conover The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday that would require the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a threat assessment of the border with Mexico.   Continue reading

  By AP BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A war veteran seeking to avoid a U.S. Border Patrol assignment in Texas because of post-traumatic stress disorder has won a key ruling from a federal judge in Michigan. Continue reading

  By Peter Fricke Students at the California State University, San Marcos staged a demonstration Thursday protesting the inclusion of Border Patrol representatives at the school’s career fair. Continue reading