New York Democrat Blake Gendebien has repeatedly criticized federal immigration enforcement, including saying in a 2013 interview that Border Patrol agents profile people based on skin color and recounting how he paid $10,000 to bail out a detained farm worker.
For the second time in recent weeks, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents found illegal aliens locked inside freight cars as temperatures in the region continue to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The latest incident involved three illegal aliens locked in a hot freight-train auto hauler with no means of escape.
A U.S.-Mexico border that is harder to cross than at any time in history did not deter one illegal alien from risking his life to cross the Rio Grande near Laredo. He nearly drowned in the process. Border Patrol agents
U.S. Border Patrol agents performing duties near Niagara Falls, New York, encountered 48-year-old Pablo Ordonez-Melendez, a Honduran illegal alien. The Buffalo Sector agents investigated Ordonez-Melendez’s immigration and criminal history and discovered the Honduran national was no stranger to the U.S. criminal justice system.
Officials of the Tohono O’odham tribe issued an update in the ongoing battle to stop the Trump administration from starting a 62-mile border infrastructure project within the narrow Roosevelt Easement between the southern boundary of the tribe’s reservation and the U.S. Mexico border. The tribe alleges armed, masked Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents escorted border wall construction contractors through the reservation on Tuesday in violation of Tohono O’odham laws.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, detected and gave chase to a small group of suspected illegal aliens attempting to illegally enter the United States on August 19. The commonplace incident took an interesting turn when agents apprehended the group of four illegal aliens and discovered one member of the group, a Cuban national, was returning after being deported for a prior conviction of a child sex offense in Nevada.
A group called Humane Borders claims that 19 bodies were recovered along the Arizona-Mexico border in July, the largest number of single-month deaths in two years. That number is deceiving, as is using only two years as a measurement standard.
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to patrol the rugged mountains east of San Diego found themselves called to rescue illegal aliens suffering from heat-related illnesses on two separate occasions in recent weeks.
In response to an outcry from local ranchers facing water shortages in drought-stricken New Mexico, construction contractors building a segment of the border wall have been ordered to pause drilling for water wells to produce concrete for the project. The voluntary pause comes after cattle ranchers in the area expressed concern that the wells could endanger their water supply in the future.
Border Patrol agents in Texas disrupted two human smuggling incidents where filthy stash houses and dangerously modified vehicles were utilized in the effort to move illegal aliens from the border into the U.S. interior.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recruitment initiatives led to the highest number of Border Patrol agents in the agency’s history. The historic staffing level is leading to a historic drop in illegal border apprehensions not seen in nearly 70 years.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents worked with the U.S. Border Patrol to interdict 37 illegal aliens and one United States citizen off the coast of Puerto Rico on Monday. The arrests involve two separate alien smuggling events interdicted on opposite sides of the island.
Border Security and Immigration policies put in place by the Trump administration are impacting apprehensions in the nation’s busiest northern border sector. Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended just over 100 illegal aliens in May. This is down 96 percent from the Biden-era peak two years ago.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics provided to Breitbart Texas show that total apprehensions at the southwest border in May were lower than the single-day rates at the peak of the Biden border crisis. As Border Patrol apprehensions remain under 10,000 for the month, CBP tells Breitbart the release of illegal aliens at the border to pursue asylum remains at zero for the 13th consecutive month.
During a five-day targeted enforcement operation, Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 52 illegal aliens during immigration stops on major Arizona highways. Of those, 36 were found to be operating commercial vehicles with licenses issued by states with sanctuary policies.
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Cuban national after he entered the United States illegally near El Indio, Texas. Agents discovered the illegal alien was previously convicted of sex offenses related to children in Florida. After further investigation, agents discovered 44-year-old Lazaro Alberto Betancourt-Osorio also had an extensive immigration record as well.
House Republicans voted to pass a nearly $70 billion bill that would provide funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) until 2029.
Border Patrol agents and Texas Highway Patrol troopers worked together to capture two groups of illegal aliens attempting to escape from authorities and secure entry into the United States. In all, a total of 19 illegal aliens were captured near Eagle Pass, Texas, including six Chinese nationals, considered by DHS to be Special Interest Aliens (SIAs).
Retired Border Patrol Chief and former CBP Commander Gregory Bovino received the cold shoulder from liberal members of the Boone, North Carolina, community. Bovino says most in the Appalachian community have welcomed him, but he is not being received too kindly by those on the left in the town where he lived before joining the Border Patrol.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is reportedly warning Senate Republicans that moving ahead this week with a major budget reconciliation package could keep Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in Washington days before his Texas Republican runoff against Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week that April marked twelve consecutive months of zero releases of illegal aliens apprehended by Border Patrol at the southwest border with Mexico into the United States — a milestone officials say reflects the most secure border in American history under President Donald Trump. DHS reports a 94 percent drop in illegal border apprehensions compared to the Biden era, with daily crossings now lower than what agents encountered in a single hour at the height of the 2023 crisis.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced his resignation from the agency effective immediately. Banks’ abrupt departure is the latest of several high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to leave the agency in recent months. Banks, appointed by President Trump upon his inauguration, was formerly the Border Czar for the State of Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has confirmed to Breitbart Texas that two fugitives from Mexico have been arrested recently as a result of intense international collaboration with authorities in Mexico. In two separate sting operations, Border Patrol agents from the San Diego Sector nabbed the pair of fugitives who were wanted in Mexico for serious criminal offenses, including kidnapping, extortion, and homicide.
According to a source within CBP, Border Patrol records show the running average for known got-aways nationwide remains 97 percent below record peaks set in 2023. Once reaching an average of more than 2,000 per day high in 2023, totals show less than 50 known got-aways are being recorded nationwide on most days.
Retired Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino has added his voice to the list of those left seething after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said no one respects Border Patrol and ICE in this country during a late-night debate on a Department of Homeland Security funding package. Bovino told Breitbart Texas the comment epitomizes what the Democrat party stands for.
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was a “lying scumbag.”
The Senate adopted a budget resolution early Thursday morning after a six-hour voting session, allowing Republicans to use a partisan reconciliation bill to fund ICE and the Border Patrol.
The Senate early Friday morning approved a bill that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ending a two-month standoff between Republicans and Democrats.
YouTube and Netflix children’s content creator Ms. Rachel is temporarily moving on from supporting the cause of Hamas-led Palestine and is now taking aim at President Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Actor Dean Cain, known for his role as Superman in the television show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, spoke about his app, Proud American Studios, pointing out that he believes “completely in truth, justice, and the American way.”
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.
A complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General against CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott alleges the agency head utilized the agency’s internal affairs office to “consolidate power and attack colleagues he mistakenly perceives as his political enemies.” The complaint was addressed to DHS Inspector General Dr. Joseph Cuffari.
A man was shot and killed after fleeing from a United States Border Patrol Immigration Checkpoint in West Texas and opening fire on pursuing officers. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the incident occurred near Kent, Texas, on Interstate 10 on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
A U.S. military counter‑drone system brought down a Customs and Border Protection surveillance drone near Fort Hancock, Texas, after operators identified the aircraft as a potential threat inside military‑controlled airspace. Federal officials said the engagement occurred in a remote area
The suspect who allegedly shot at a Border Patrol agent Sunday near the U.S./Canada border had a driver license for a male then changed to a driver license “denominated to be female,” according to U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan.
The House Committee on Homeland Security hears testimony from officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday, February 10.
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.
A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper arrested a Nicaraguan illegal alien for allegedly smuggling a carload of men as they headed to San Antonio. One of the passengers in the smuggling car was a Chinese illegal alien who apparently snuck across the border while wearing camouflage.
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.
