Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and CBP Operations Commander Gregory Bovino is set to retire at the end of March, bringing an end to a nearly 30-year career with the agency. Bovino is best known for leading U.S. Customs and Border Protection teams in the most sweeping mass-immigration enforcement operations in the agency’s history, according to DHS.
Community opposition in Hutchins, Texas, forced the collapse of a proposed ICE mega‑detention center this week, after residents organized a sustained pressure campaign that prompted the property owner to reject any deal with the Department of Homeland Security.
A San Antonio woman who helped run a multimillion‑dollar human‑smuggling ring moving illegal aliens from Eagle Pass to the Alamo City was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison. The sentencing follows her conviction for the death of a smuggled illegal alien who died in a packed trailer and was dumped in a ditch near her property, the Justice Department announced.
From record‑low apprehensions to nationwide raids targeting criminal aliens, cartel operatives, and violent foreign gangs, 2025 marked the most dramatic border‑security turnaround in modern U.S. history. President Donald Trump’s return to office triggered a sweeping enforcement shift that reshaped federal, state, and local operations from the Rio Grande to New York City.
President Donald Trump’s border crackdown delivered historic results in 2025, driving illegal crossings to levels unseen in decades. December ended with only 6,400 southwest apprehensions — and the full‑year total of 109,000 marks a dramatic reversal from the chaos inherited from former-President Joe Biden’s border crisis.
Last Christmas, the U.S. southern border was the epicenter of a national crisis. One year later, it is the centerpiece of a political victory lap, as the Trump administration touts record‑low crossings, aggressive enforcement, and what officials call “the most secure border in American history.”
Federal prosecutors say the Biden‑era border crisis produced one of the most brazen cybercrime cases in years. The Department of Justice charged 54 alleged members of the Venezuelan terror gang Tren de Aragua with using sophisticated malware to loot millions from U.S. ATMs and funnel the cash back to their criminal network.
Advisers for Joe Biden warned the former president in 2020 that his immigration plans could lead to “chaos” at the U.S. border, would overwhelm the system and might hand Donald Trump a second term – but he ignored them, according to a report in Sunday’s New York Times.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Buffalo officers in New York arrested a 39‑year‑old Turkish illegal alien who reportedly violently resisted arrest, tried to seize an officer’s taser, and shouted “Allahu Akbar” during a Nov. 5 enforcement operation. The suspect, Saim Irgi, had previously been released into the United States without vetting by the Biden administration after crossing illegally from Mexico in 2023. Since his release into the U.S., he racked up a violent criminal history in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to ICE officials.
Border Patrol agents in Arizona arrested an illegal alien from Uzbekistan who was allegedly operating a tractor-trailer on Interstate 10 with five fraudulent driver’s licenses. The Uzbek national illegally entered the United States during the Biden administration and ignored an order of removal this year from an immigration judge.
The suspect who allegedly shot and killed three co-workers at a landscape supply business in San Antonio on November 8 has been identified by authorities as an illegal alien who entered the United States as a minor in 2019. The suspect, 21-year-old Jose David Hernandez-Galo, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on the day of the shooting.
The Trump administration’s border crackdown is delivering results: October 2025 marked the lowest number of illegal border crossings in CBP history, and it was the sixth straight month of zero releases by U.S. Border Patrol. With just 30,561 encounters nationwide—down 79% from October 2024—DHS officials credit President Trump’s leadership and a no-excuses enforcement strategy for restoring control and deterring illegal entry at a scale unseen in modern times.
During the Biden-era border crisis, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the busing of illegal aliens to sanctuary cities, including more than 35,000 who were bused to the Chicago area. Now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials ordered 100 arrested illegal aliens to be bused to Texas — not for release, but for deportation processing.
Three illegal aliens from Mexico have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of 43-year-old Mary Gonzales, whose body was found in a North Austin field on October 6. Texas authorities apprehended one suspect, while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested two others. The arrests prompted sharp criticism from Homeland Security officials who linked the crime to Biden-era border policies.
President Donald Trump’s border security and immigration policies led to the most secure border since 1970, according to the chief of the Border Patrol. During the just-ended FY25, Border Patrol agents arrested just over 237,000 aliens who crossed the southwest border illegally between ports of entry. For the fifth consecutive month, Border Patrol agents released zero illegal aliens into the U.S. interior.
A woman from Mexico who entered the country illegally managed to avoid justice for over a year on child indecency charges after a judge in McAllen set her bond at $2,500, allowing her to bond out and go on the run. Biden-era immigration officers granted her a voluntary release from their detainer. A year later, federal authorities arrested the woman in Ohio, and she is now in custody awaiting trial.
More than 200 Border Patrol agents descended on a Chicago Home Depot parking lot early Thursday morning in a sweeping immigration enforcement action under President Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. The operation marked one of the largest federal deployments yet in the crackdown on criminal illegal aliens shielded by Chicago’s sanctuary policies. The early morning sweep of the home improvement store parking lot was conducted like operations that have been underway in Los Angeles in recent months.
With just two weeks left in fiscal year 2025, Border Patrol arrests of illegal aliens illegally crossing the border between ports of entry have cratered to levels not seen since 1970 — marking a seismic shift in enforcement under President Trump.
A 37-year-old illegal alien from Cuba is in the Dallas County jail after he allegedly decapitated a man at an area motel. A video shows the man carrying what appears to be a blood-dripping severed head across the motel parking lot and throwing it into a dumpster. The Cuban national with a lengthy violent criminal history was released by the Biden administration into Texas on January 13 — one week before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, according to ICE.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the nine southwest sectors encountered approximately 6,300 illegal aliens who crossed the border in August between ports of entry, according to unofficial reports reviewed exclusively by Breitbart Texas. This represents a 90 percent decrease in migrant apprehensions compared to August 2024.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) minced no words when criticizing a recent New York Times story about the deportation of a convicted Jamaican murderer by the Trump administration in July. The New York Times headline omitted the crime of murder and instead simply read “Man Who’d Served His Time in U.S. Is Deported to an African Prison”.
According to a spokesperson for the Consul General of Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, five illegal alien deaths have been recorded since January in and around the small Texas border town. The number, less than one death per month, pales in comparison to the illegal alien deaths, at times nearly one per day, under President Joe Biden’s border crisis.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested a Venezuelan illegal alien wanted for torturing and attempting to kill a woman in his home country—the fugitive burst into tears after being placed in a police vehicle in North Texas earlier this month. The Venezuelan man fled to the U.S. and was released from custody during Biden-era catch-and-release policies.
Border Patrol leaders are touting the new record-low rate of migrant arrests along the southwest border as the “most secure border in history.” In July, Border Patrol agents arrested approximately 4,600 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border between ports of entry. Border Patrol agents released zero migrants into the U.S. for the third consecutive month.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials reported that officers and agents in the Houston area arrested more than 200 criminal alien child sex offenders in the past six months of the Trump administration. This represents a larger total than that of the entire previous fiscal year.
Trump officials trumpeted, yet another record for the lowest number of migrants apprehended in a single day after illegally crossing the border between ports of entry. On July 20, Border Patrol agents encountered only 88 migrants — a new record low. This is down from the record of 112 set less than a month ago.
The Trump administration delivered on its promise to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and set new records for the lowest number of migrant encounters. The June Southwest Land Border Encounters Report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows yet another decrease in migrant encounters, including the lowest number of encounters in a single day — 128 on June 28.
A home security camera captured the disturbing image of a woman being carried kicking and screaming back to a home in east Harris County, Texas, last week. Police say the woman, a Chinese national, had been kidnapped and held against her will by a Honduran illegal alien.
An illegal alien released by the Biden administration allegedly shot an off-duty Border Patrol agent in the face during an attempted robbery in New York City. Despite being shot twice, the agent managed to return fire, wounding the suspect as he fled on a moped.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a man who they say fired at federal law enforcement officers near Camarillo, California, this week. Videos captured by a news helicopter’s crew show the man appearing to draw a handgun and fire at federal authorities.
In addition to the border infrastructure funded by President Trump’s One Big Beautify Bill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to quickly install 17 miles of floating border barrier in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem signed a waiver on Thursday to ensure the construction of the barrier is not impeded by environmental regulations.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) are introducing legislation to bar terrorists, transnational criminals, and other high-risk foreign nationals from exploiting immigration parole created under President Joe Biden’s open-border agenda, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
In Eagle Pass, Texas, once the busiest border city in the nation for illegal alien crossings during the Biden administration, illegal alien deaths overwhelmed local funeral homes. They resulted in Maverick County authorities relying on a temporary morgue to store the deceased. This week, County officials laid to rest the last of the illegal alien remains in their emergency morgue at a local cemetery.
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 8,500 migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border from Mexico into the United States in May, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. This is the second straight month of increased apprehensions. However, more than 99 percent of these were returned to Mexico or a safe third-party country.
America is safer this Memorial Day Weekend after San Diego Sector Border Patrol officials closed another of Joe Biden’s migrant processing centers. The closure follows the Trump administration’s success in shutting down migrant crossings in the Southern California sector.
A 24-year-old Venezuelan migrant was arrested for pretending to be a minor to enroll in an Ohio high school. The Venezuelan man claimed to be a trafficked teenager and enrolled in the school in January 2024.
White House Border Czar Tom Homan told the Republican National Lawyers Association that a 14-year-old unaccompanied alien child was discovered being sex trafficked by two adult males in Texas. During a speech on Friday, Homan says the rescue, conducted two days before, is just one example of what agents are finding in the search for unaccompanied alien children released by the Biden administration.
U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Gregory Wormuth of Las Cruces dismissed misdemeanor trespassing charges against nearly 100 illegal aliens arrested for crossing into a newly designated National Defense Area in New Mexico. On Wednesday, the federal judge ruled in favor of the illegal aliens, citing probable cause issues as the reason for the dismissals.
On Tuesday, an internal agency-wide email was sent to Border Patrol stations, soliciting volunteers from rank-and-file Border Patrol agents and managers to assist DHS with deportation operations away from the immediate border area. A source within CBP, not authorized to speak to the media, told Breitbart Texas the request did not specify times or locations of the assignment.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rounded up 239 criminal illegal aliens in Los Angeles during targeted enforcement operations last week. Some of the illegal aliens arrested had been convicted or accused of manslaughter, theft offenses, and aggravated rape of a minor.
