The change, set to take effect in September 2026, will replace the permit-based system with a telephone reporting procedure.

LA Mayor Karen Bass responded to the historic surge in Latino Border Patrol recruitment as applications jump 70%. Over half of southern agents are Hispanic.

In the desert of New Mexico, under wide open skies, hundreds of trainees gather to hear from Border Patrol chiefs as they join an agency with an expanded role and new policies under the Trump administration.

Dozens of miles of new border wall, as well as waterborne barrier and advanced technology will soon go up on the border in Texas and Arizona, including in Laredo for the first time, the Department

Just as Southwest wildlife defenders were grieving wall construction in critical jaguar corridors, the government planned double the barrier.

Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass expressed disappointment and concern Friday with Hispanics joining Border Patrol – arguing they’re only doing it for the paycheck. “Well, in a way, I think it’s sad,” Bass said of a CNN report on Border Patrol’s new recruits, many of which are Hispanic.

Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks breaks down the sharp decline in illegal crossings, pointing to stricter enforcement and a shift in policy under President Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE — Border Patrol agents spent much of 2025 enforcing immigration laws inside the United States, far from the nation’s borders with Canada and Mexico. Michael Banks, the Border Patrol’s national chief,

Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed in an interview this week that the Trump administration may be lying about the record-low number of border crossings happening on its watch.

Death at the Border is an HBO documentary revisiting the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas and the investigation into Border Patrol conduct.

The commander of the Trump administration’s Border Patrol immigration crackdown said in a social media post Saturday (Dec. 27) that a government vehicle was struck in Slidell by a Honduran woman driving in the United States illegally.