U.S. border patrol officials announced Thursday that the agency will continue to test and review a body camera program before the devices are distributed to their agents.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona accused the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of abusing its power and implementing tactics of racial profiling at federal highway checkpoints near the Mexican border.
The 10 months of the 2015 fiscal year saw the rate of unaccompanied undocumented immigrant children drop by 51 percent compared to 2014. Through Mexico and Central America, most unaccompanied children have come from Guatemala.
A collision between a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) boat and a small vessel on Thursday led to the death of a woman who was traveling on the panga motorboat, which authorities believed was being used to try to smuggle immigrants into the United States.
Mexico will assist American authorities investigating a June 5 a shooting attack on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter, the country's Foreign Relations Department said on Thursday.
On Friday, after being struck by gunfire originating from the Mexican side of the border U.S.-Mexico border, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the Texas city of Laredo.
Arizona residents say Border Patrol has turned their towns into militarized zones threatening the quality of their lives. Residents complain of agents stopping them to ask about their citizenship status, among other things.
Migrants from Latin American has more than often been highlighted as the source for immigration in the U.S., but new research found China has surpassed Mexico as “the top sending county for immigrants to the U.S.”
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson provided a border security update, including the DHS' enforcement policies following President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions of 2014.
Following the influx of undocumented immigrant children entering the U.S. during 2014, the latest rate during the fiscal year, thus far, has been lower than last year.
Under President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions, U.S. immigration agents have been instructed to ask apprehended undocumented immigrants if they might qualify for his deferred action programs.
The White House criticized Republicans of the House of Representatives for complicating efforts to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the implementation of President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) released data on the number of undocumented immigrants already apprehended during the 2015 fiscal year, and according to the numbers, thousands of immigrant children were caught by border patrol agents to kick off the new fiscal year.
The high exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the Mexican peso and long security lines crossing the Mexican border have caused stores in border towns of Nogales and Douglas, Arizona to suffer this holiday season.
A Customs and Border Protection officer was arrested last Friday after prosecutors accused him of taking bribes and allowing drug-hauling vehicles to cross a South Texas checkpoint into the United States.
President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions included deportation deferment for approximately 4.9 million undocumented immigrants, but have also ordered for increased border security.
The U.S. Department of Justice released new guidelines on profiling individuals, but immigrant, minority and religious rights groups remained concerned about exemptions for certain federal agencies.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced new guidance to ease racial profiling accusations, but immigrant rights groups have voiced concern about the new steps.
