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

  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

  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 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 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

  By Amanda Sakuma U.S. Customs and Border Protection boasted this week that agents used significantly less deadly force in the field over the last year, with incidents down 26 percent even as assaults against agents held steady. But the embattled agency’s steps toward reform and greater transparency omit one key detail: just how many of their altercations resulted in severe injuries or even death. Continue reading

  Home Office granted powers to snoop on detention centre refugees three years ago by amendment to 20-year-old Police Act By Mark Townsend Immigration officials have been permitted to hack the phones of refugees and asylum seekers, including rape and torture victims, for the past three years. Continue reading

  Is there room in the labor movement for racist, Trump-supporting cops?   Continue reading

  The agency reported a drop in uses of force by about 26%, though figures show agents in more remote and least busy areas used their guns more often. By Adolfo Flores The U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported a drop in uses of force by about 26% last year, even as some agents in more remote sections of the Southwest border reported an increase in incidents.   Continue reading

  Lawyer says Border Patrol's impunity after Anastasio Hernández Rojas' death on camera is "miscarriage of justice" By Ben Norton The family of a longtime U.S. resident is suing the government on charges of torture and excessive force, but the case has gotten very little coverage in the American media. Continue reading