Border Patrol

Politics

CBP Defends Conditions At Border Detention Centers Amid Upsurge In Migrants

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released photos and video of Texas immigrant processing centers that have faced fresh criticism for overcrowding and poor conditions.

Border officials lied about targeted stops of Iranian Americans back in January

Last January, 277 people, many of them U.S. citizens or permanent residents with Iranian heritage or ties to the Middle East, were stopped by border agents, records obtained by the Council for American Islamic Relations in Washington and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project found.

National

Americans Back Trump On Immigration — But Only To Stop COVID-19, Poll Finds

An NPR/Ipsos poll found broad support for sweeping government action to combat the coronavirus — including temporary limits on immigration. But support for other White House policies has not changed.

National

Supreme Court Rules Border Patrol Agents Who Shoot Foreign Nationals Can't Be Sued

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled Tuesday that families of noncitizens shot by federal agents on foreign territory have no constitutional right to sue for damages in U.S. courts.

Latin America

Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol

In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border.