
CBP Sent 3 Paramilitary-Style Units to Crackdown on Protests in Portland
Customs and Border Protection has sent three specially trained, paramilitary-style units to help crackdown on protests Portland.
Customs and Border Protection has sent three specially trained, paramilitary-style units to help crackdown on protests Portland.
Federal agents who were sent to Portland amid unrest were not adequately trained in riot control or mass demonstrations, Homeland Security warned in an internal memo.
Federal officers in camouflage and unmarked minivans are detaining protesters in Portland without the approval of local and state officials.
Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan slammed political leaders in Portland over their handling of violence in the city Saturday after Border Patrol agents were sent in to assist.
ICE and CBP have deployed troops and resources to assist local, state and federal law enforcement quell violence at protests across the nation.
Three Border Patrol agents have been nominated for coveted awards after saving the life of a passenger in a car that had burst into fire.
Gregory Bovino, a 24-year-veteran of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has been appointed chief patrol agent of the El Centro Sector.
Illegal immigration along the southern border has declined during the coronavirus outbreak.