Homeland Security’s internal watchdog criticized Border Patrol for releasing an undocumented migrant before ensuring he had known ties to terrorism and implicated the FBI for sending an email to the wrong account.
Several Border Patrol agents were injured in two separate vehicle crashes at checkpoints this week.
An off-duty Border Patrol agent died in a swimming accident while on vacation with his family in the Trio River near Garner State Park in Texas.
The Biden administration selected Jason Owens, a 27-year veteran of the Border Patrol, to serve as the agency’s next chief.
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two members of the 2nd American Militia who allegedly conspired to “start a war” with the U.S. Border Patrol and murder the agency’s officers, which ended in a shootout with FBI agents.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz plans to retire at the end of June, less than two years after he took the helm.
The Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday that all nine of its law enforcement agencies are adopting a new body-worn camera policy.
El Paso police have arrested a 17-year-old man accused of shooting an off-duty Border patrol agent outside of a taco restaurant over the weekend.
