In exchange for a plea of guilty, a federal judge in San Antonio sentenced a Honduran illegal alien to ten years in prison for his role in leading a human smuggling organization that brought nearly 3,000 migrants into the United States without authorization. The judge also fined the Honduran national $4,500.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who drowned last week while saving his children from a rip current while vacationing in South Padre Island had lost his father six months earlier to an explosion. Gulf Cartel gunmen had turned rural ranch roads in northern Mexico into minefields.
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.
Four anti-ICE activists were arrested after allegedly planting homemade tire deflation devices around vehicles belonging to federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration enforcement operations in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
As Border Patrol agents carried out an immigration related enforcement operation, guarded by a contingent of U.S. Marines, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and a group of protesters intervened. Despite the protests, the operation went on as planned. El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino, who led the operation, says the opposition from Bass and others will have no impact on the federal government’s will to enforce existing immigration laws.
Protesters clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as well as the military in Los Angeles on Monday.
On Wednesday, Border Patrol agents announced the discovery of seven illegal aliens concealed in a sweltering hidden compartment under a flatbed trailer in South Texas. The discovery followed the driver of a truck pulling the trailer crashing into a ranch fence near Laredo in a bid to escape. The aliens were found sealed into the poorly ventilated compartment during one of the hottest weeks of the summer thus far.
A 21-year-old woman facing the death penalty, after being charged in the January fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, is seeking a six-month delay in the government’s capital punishment decision.
A Los Angeles CW network affiliate had to update a news story that falsely accused Border Patrol agents of abusing a man working as a landscaper in Santa Ana, California, on Saturday. The update followed Department of Homeland Security officials posting a video showing the man attacking Border Patrol agents with a weed wacker before the incomplete video, published by KTLA.
During the four fiscal years of the Biden administration, approximately 1,500 Iranian nationals were apprehended by Border Patrol agents after illegally entering the United States. Officials say that nearly half of those were released into the U.S. interior.
Border Patrol agents in the greater Los Angeles area came under attack by residents unhappy with the ongoing deportation operations in two separate incidents. In one attack, a motorist rammed a Border Patrol vehicle, and vehicles were vandalized. On Friday, significant damage to units occurred after rocks were thrown, and tires were slashed.
Border Patrol agents in San Diego found a sophisticated cross-border smuggling tunnel that connects California to Tijuana, Mexico. The tunnel reportedly extended more than 1,000 feet into the United States from Mexico.
The Senate confirmed Rodney S. Scott to serve as President Donald Trump’s Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). On Wednesday, 51 Republican Senators voted Scott into the position. Not a single Democrat voted to support the former Chief of the Border Patrol to head up CBP.
In May 2024, the Biden administration admitted more than 62,000 migrants into the U.S. who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. Under the Trump administration, one year later, that number fell to zero. At the same time, illegal border crossings fell by nearly 93 percent compared to the same period last year.
Border Patrol agents did not release any illegal migrants into the United States during the month of May, a decrease from the more than 60,000 who were released into the U.S. the year before, according to a report.
The American Federation of Government Employees, the parent labor organization representing thousands of Border Patrol agents and other federal law enforcement officers, joined with NoKings.org to promote anti-Trump protests nationwide. Protesters at the events carried signs attacking ICE, the Border Patrol, and law enforcement in general.
A multi-agency task force assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with the arrest of a Guatemalan criminal alien during a targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles. The criminal alien was deported from the United States after being sentenced to 36 months in prison for sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, officials stated.
In the midst of the Los Angeles riots, Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) proposes legislation to increase the criminal penalties associated with assaulting and interfering with the duties of law enforcement officers, including ICE agents or CBP officials. Gonzales announced the proposed legislation in a Sunday press release.
A source within Customs and Border Protection told Breitbart Texas that a large contingent is being sent to assist with quelling the violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. The specially trained agents will augment Border Patrol agents already on the ground in the city and add to the 2,000 National Guardsmen President Trump has committed to send in response to the violence.
A protester was seen hurling rocks at U.S. Border Patrol vehicles in California, as protests broke out between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and leftist protesters.
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.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two heavily armed human smugglers during a vehicle stop near the border in California. The agents also arrested two illegal aliens who had entered the country from Mexico.
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Tuesday recognizing Wednesday, May 28, as the 101st anniversary of the United States Border Patrol.
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.
U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican state police teamed up to destroy a cartel smuggling observation post near Nogales, Arizona.
Los cárteles mexicanos están aumentando el uso de drones para reemplazar a los “halcones” o espias que monitorean la actividad de los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense en la frontera. Según informes, los drones están reemplazando a los exploradores humanos, que frecuentemente eran menores de edad.
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.
Border Patrol agents arrested more than 5,000 criminal aliens since the start of Fiscal Year 25, according to a report from Chief Michael Banks. The aliens had criminal records, including violence and sexual offenses.
Enforcement actions by the Trump administration continue to yield record-shattering declines in the number of migrants attempting to enter the United States from Mexico. The number of apprehensions in April fell by nearly 13 percent from the previous month and more than 95 percent compared to last year. During the first week of May, agents along the entire southwest border apprehended approximately 270 per day.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Department Organized Crime Unit executed two search warrants on residences in San Antonio, leading to the arrest of five suspects due to a long-running investigation into human smuggling. Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters one suspect is believed to be a member of the notorious Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.
Border Patrol agents at a New Mexico interior immigration checkpoint arrested a Cuban illegal alien with what officials called a “disturbing criminal history.” The Cuban national’s criminal history includes murder and other violent crimes, Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks reported on social media.
Illegal border crossers in New Mexico are now facing criminal charges under a section of U.S. law that protects military installations from unauthorized entry. On Thursday, New United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico Ryan Ellison announced the filing of 82 new Title 50 charges for unauthorized entry into the newly designated National Defense Area along New Mexico’s southern border. The announcement followed a high-level visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks.
Rodney Scott testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in a confirmation hearing to become Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on Wednesday, April 30.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted an attempted human smuggling incident off the coast of California, according to Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. A video posted on X shows the agents ramming the alleged smuggler’s boat in an attempt to stop them.
As part of President Trump’s Operation Take Back America, a team of Border Patrol agents arrested ten illegal aliens in Pomona, California, on Tuesday. Nine of the illegal aliens arrested were found outside a Home Depot store. The arrests that sparked a protest by an immigrants rights group included one illegal alien convicted of a weapons charge and child abuse with serious bodily injury.
Aggressive enforcement actions along the U.S.-Mexico border led to a nearly 94 percent drop in the apprehension of illegal aliens attempting to enter the United States. The apprehension of migrants by Border Patrol agents fell to approximately 263 per day during the first two months of the Trump administration from more than 4,600 per day during the same period last year.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents seized $175,000 in cash from a group of 21 Romanian nationals at an interior immigration checkpoint in New Mexico. The Romanians are linked to an organized crime network, a Border Patrol official stated.
Federal authorities arrested a reputed Gulf Cartel commander who was hiding out in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. The cartel commander illegally entered the country and was operating in the region before his arrest.
Trump officials state that operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming a reality. The statement follows another month of declining apprehensions of illegal border crossers entering the U.S. from Mexico. The apprehensions fell by more than 1,1oo from February’s historic low.
A suspect involved in an alleged illegal alien smuggling venture is now in an Arizona hospital after crashing his vehicle while fleeing from the U.S. Border Patrol. According to authorities, the unidentified United States citizen was attempting to smuggle three illegal aliens into the United States before crashing the vehicle on Saturday.
