U.S. Border Patrol

A new bill proposed by Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) will add stronger protections to elite Border Patrol Tactical Groups deployed to enhance security at public events or assist with law enforcement responses to mass shootings or other mass casualty terror events. The Homeland Threat Response Act Gonzales proposes comes as hundreds of U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel deploy in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl.

President Donald Trump revealed that he told Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem the administration will not be participating with “various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard” to protests and riots.

Some of the leftists arrested outside a hotel in Maple Grove, Minnesota, on Monday evening where they believed Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was staying have criminal histories.

Eleven days before Alex Pretti was killed in a confrontation with federal agents he yelled “f**k you” at agents and dared them to “assault” him.

Alex Pretti was “known” to federal law enforcement before he was fatally shot, and had broken a rib during a physical altercation with ICE agents a week before he was killed by a Border Patrol official on Saturday, sources say.

San Antonio Spurs star and native Frenchman Victor Wembanyama says he fears for his safety as a foreign player in the United States, amid a series of violent incidents between leftist agitators and federal agents.

Federal agents are investigating a violent confrontation along a cartel‑dominated smuggling corridor in southern Pima County, Arizona, after a Border Patrol agent was allegedly assaulted Tuesday morning, prompting agents to open fire and critically wound a suspect, according to local authorities and an unconfirmed Department of Homeland Security source. The Arizona man allegedly fired on a CBP Air and Marine Operations aircrew and ground-based Border Patrol agents before being shot.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem of being unfit for office and demanded her firing.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin denied reports that Gregory Bovino was relieved from duty as the Border Patrol Chief and operational commander for Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) daughter, Hope Walz, criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), labeling the agency as being a “horrible Gestapo” that “cannot be funded.”

The CBP Use of Force policy relies heavily on constitutional law, as interpreted by federal courts, that apply a standard that requires any use of force to be “objectively reasonable” at the time force is applied. That measure is determined by examining what the agent knew or perceived when he pulled the trigger, not by public opinion influenced by politicians, or by an arduous review of enhanced video or a frame-by-frame analysis hours or days later.

Steve Kerr, head coach for the Warriors, called for Americans to appeal to their “better angels” after the latest shooting in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara warned on Face the Nation Sunday that public anger over a string of federal‑involved shootings has reached a breaking point, saying the city is so overwhelmed that even a finding of legal justification in the latest incident “does not matter at this point.”

Senate Democrats have threatened to oppose funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a recent Border Patrol agent-involved shooting occurred on Saturday.

A video circulating on social media shows a new angle on the shooting that occurred in South Minneapolis on Saturday morning. The video shows the suspect attempting to push an agent away from two protesters, later grabbing and pulling at one of them. Within seconds of Border Patrol agents struggling to subdue the suspect, shots ring out.

Greg Bovino held a press conference in which he stressed, “We will not allow violence against our law enforcement officers.”

Federal officials say a Minneapolis kennel employee targeted a CBP detection dog with an anti‑ICE message, marking a new escalation in the city’s hostility toward immigration enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security began installing a massive 500‑mile network of floating buoy barriers along the U.S.–Mexico border, a move that mirrors the deterrence strategy first deployed by Texas under Governor Greg Abbott as part of Operation Lone Star.

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was “roaming the streets, harassing and terrorizing” the people of her district.

Federal agents operating in the Twin Cities have been assaulted nearly two dozen times in less than a week, Border Patrol Operations Commander Gregory Bovino told Breitbart Texas, describing a rapid escalation of violence that includes shoving, punching, throwing objects, fireworks, and even an unknown chemical sprayed from a fire extinguisher.

Nearly two hundred members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) gathered in downtown San Antonio to protest the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting in Minneapolis. The group and attendees created a makeshift memorial to Renee Good, the woman who was shot after driving her vehicle towards an ICE agent enforcing immigration laws on Wednesday.

Border Patrol agents operating under Operation Portland reportedly opened fire while attempting to arrest suspected members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang last week. The shooting followed a chaotic confrontation where the alleged gang-affiliated members weaponized their vehicle against the agents. Portland Police Bureau Chief Bob Day lost control of his emotions and began to cry as he later defended the operation during a tense news conference.

DHS has identified the two Venezuelan illegal migrant gang members shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Portland.

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.

U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino and former mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot tangled on social media this week, with Lightfoot taking exception to a post on X by Bovino scored to LL Cool J’s 1990s hit “Mama Said Knock You Out.”

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.”

Border Patrol agents in Southern California arrested nearly 50 illegal aliens operating semi‑trucks with state‑issued commercial driver’s licenses in just three weeks, exposing what federal officials say is a growing public‑safety crisis tied to California’s rubber‑stamped licensing system.

Multiple law enforcement agencies rushed to Midway Road in Rio Grande City on Thursday after a confrontation between U.S. Border Patrol agents and suspects escalated into gunfire near the riverbank. The Starr County Sheriff’s Office confirmed agents were involved in a struggle before shots were fired.

DHS officials announced the milestone of 10,000 criminal aliens being arrested in the sanctuary city of Los Angeles. These include many violent criminal aliens, including a woman who had 14 previous convictions. Others arrested include illegal aliens with charges or convictions for murder, drug dealing, sexual offenses, and other criminal offenses.

Federal immigration teams in New Orleans this week arrested dozens of criminal aliens accused of violent and predatory crimes, including rapists, thieves, human smugglers, domestic abusers, and child endangerers. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said the operation was part of a nationwide push to dismantle sanctuary protections and remove “the worst of the worst” from American communities, underscoring President Trump’s directive to prioritize public safety in deportation efforts.

A mob of agitators confronted ICE agents and pelted the immigration agents during the arrest of a suspected member of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang in Elgin, Illinois. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the agitators committed the assaults during the arrest of Luis Jesus Acosta-Gutierrez, a Venezuelan illegal alien accused of using his vehicle to ram into an ICE agent’s vehicle on Sunday.

Anti-immigration-enforcement thugs assaulted independent journalist Nick Sortor in New Orleans on Saturday night during a protest at a federal building. The violent assault on the journalist happened after Sortor dared to ask one of the speakers why she thinks the National Guard is racist — a statement she made on the stage.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Trump border czar Tom Homan said threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) officers are up 1200%.

FBI agents and Louisiana State Police have launched a joint effort to safeguard federal immigration officers during enhanced enforcement operations in New Orleans. The partnership, announced Wednesday, aims to deter a surge in assaults on Border Patrol and ICE agents, with officials warning that any interference will bring swift and severe consequences.

In recent days, Texas DPS troopers and Border Patrol agents intercepted multiple smuggling attempts, including 51 migrants locked inside a refrigerated trailer, 23 crammed into a truck cab in La Salle County, and others fleeing in a rollover crash in Zapata County.