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News Articles: Border Patrol

Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on May 23, 2024 about the border security bill.

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Ossoff gives warning on border security, Warnock touts Pell Grants

For the week ending May 24, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on improving substance abuse treatment for inmates, protecting national security at the southern border, removing hazardous materials from several locations in Georgia and protecting elderly people from financial scams.

May 24, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
A group of people wait to be processed after crossing the border between Mexico and the United States as they seek asylum in April 2024, near Jacumba, Calif.

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  • National

Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase

U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.

May 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The new UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter sits on the tarmac at the National Guard's Eastern Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. A similar helicopter crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent.

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  • National

2 National Guard members and Border Patrol agent are killed in Texas helicopter crash

Three National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent were on board when a helicopter crashed near the Mexican border. A soldier was seriously injured.

March 10, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Immigrants file into a U.S. Customs and Border Protection bus after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on January 07, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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  • National

Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country

Since 2022, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has bused over 102,000 migrants to predominantly Democratic-led cities. Supporters say the cost is necessary, but critics argue the program is expensive and inhumane.

February 21, 2024
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom
President Biden delivered remarks at the White House before the Senate killed the bipartisan bill that would provide funding for border security, Israel and Ukraine.

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  • Politics

Biden's new move is playing offense on border politics. But will voters be swayed?

President Biden is now blaming Republicans for the crisis at the southern border after they blocked a bipartisan bill to fund more border security. But there are limits to the strategy.

February 09, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Migrants walk towards a Border Patrol agent in the town of Jacumba. Those crossing the border are often being instructed by cartels to turn themselves over to agents, in order to receive asylum.

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  • National

A California community sees a dip in immigration. Where have all the people gone?

The town of Jacumba, on the California-Mexico border, has experienced a massive influx of migrants. Unofficial detention camps have popped up throughout the community. Then one day, something changed.

January 27, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Clockwise, from top left: former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump.

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  • Politics

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration

Immigration has become one of the cornerstone issues of the 2024 campaign as GOP presidential hopefuls try to stand out as the toughest on both illegal and legal immigration.

December 15, 2023
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Cars line up outside the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

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  • National

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants

We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

August 09, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Venezuelan migrants board a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle after crossing the Rio Grande River on May 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.

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  • National

Biden names a Border Patrol veteran in Texas to be the agency's next chief

Jason Owens, the head of a busy Border Patrol sector in Del Rio, Texas, will lead the agency, the Biden administration announced. His predecessor is retiring at the end of the month.

June 09, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads his panel's first meeting in the new Republican majority — a hearing Wednesday titled, "The Biden Border Crisis — Part I."

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  • Politics

In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee blamed Biden administration policies for the record number of migrant apprehensions. Democrats accused them of fear-mongering and spreading misinformation.

February 02, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Former U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz reacts as recorder jail phone calls to his wife, Daniella, are played outside the presence of the jury during his capital murder trial in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022

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  • Law

Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

December 07, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The woman identified in court papers as Esther (far right) was among Haitian migrants who say they were threatened by Border Patrol agents on horseback last September as they tried to return to a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas.

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  • National

After Del Rio, some Haitian migrants found safety in the U.S. But many have not

It's been nearly a year since tens of thousands of Haitian migrants converged on Del Rio, Texas. Some of those migrants are still looking for safety — and accountability for how they were treated.

September 07, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Border Patrol agents used 'unnecessary' force at Del Rio, report finds

Border Patrol agents on horseback who confronted non-threatening Haitian migrants in Del Rio in 2021 used "unnecessary" force, according to a report released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

July 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande in Texas on Sept. 19, 2021. A coin with an image of the agent grabbing the man by the shirt was recently on sale on eBay.

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  • National

EBay seller says coins depicting Haitian migrant incident at border may be sold again

The coins depict the now-infamous, real-life incident of a Border Patrol agent on horseback chasing down Haitian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border last year.

June 17, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021.

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  • National

The inquiry into border agents on horseback continues. Critics see a 'broken' system

Six weeks ago, DHS promised a quick investigation into images of Border Patrol agents on horses menacing Haitian migrants at the border. Critics say the discipline system needs an overhaul.

November 06, 2021
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  • Joel Rose
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