A Mexican man living in the U.S. without legal status has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for assaulting a Border Patrol agent during a failed human smuggling attempt, federal prosecutors said.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent living in Arizona’s East Valley is facing 10 felony charges after investigators say he downloaded and shared child pornography from his home, according to court records.
Border Patrol agents in Southern California seized more than 760 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a semitruck’s fuel tanks, marking the largest meth bust in the San Diego Sector in two years.
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen to their lowest levels in decades, leaving once-packed migrant shelters nearly empty and prompting more people stranded in Mexico to return home.
The Department of Homeland Security says its immigrant detention centers are full, housing about 47,600 individuals.
A CBP surveillance blimp broke free from its tether and crashed into power lines in Texas on Monday after strong winds carried it more than 600 miles.
The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to require undocumented immigrants 14 and older to register with the U.S. government and provide fingerprints — or risk criminal prosecution.
A man who bit and attacked several Border Patrol agents at a processing center in El Paso was sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
