The National Border Patrol Museum of El Paso
The history of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is on display at a non-profit museum in El Paso, Texas. The Museum Unveils the History of the U.S. Border Patrol The history of the Border...
View ArticleThe Use of “Drones” by the Border Patrol
In conjunction with the Office of Air and Marine (OAM), Border Patrol Agents monitor the flow of traffic across the northern and southern borders with Predator B unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Does...
View ArticleUnusual Items Seized by the Border Patrol
While seizures of drugs and interceptions of people trying to enter the US illegally usually make the news, Border Patrol agents routinely identify some other very novel items that people attempt to...
View ArticleThe Horses of the Border Patrol
Used since the founding of the Border Patrol in the early 1900s, horses have continued to be a key mode of transport for agents patrolling rugged and otherwise inaccessible areas along the U.S. borders...
View ArticleThe Agricultural Inspection Dogs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
In addition to using dogs to search for people and drugs, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agency (CBP) uses dogs that are specially trained by the USDA to detect agricultural pests and diseases. The...
View ArticleIs a U.S. ‘Border Surge’ the Answer to Immigration Reform?
If a measure by the U.S. Senate comes to fruition, there will be enough U.S. Border Patrol Agents to guard every 1,000 feet of the border between the United States and Mexico. With the boundary between...
View ArticleNew Border Patrol Measures Come Amidst Criticism over the Agency’s Recent...
The use of deadly force by U.S. Border Patrol agents against immigrants attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border has long been criticized by civil rights groups and similar organizations....
View ArticleThe New Role of the U.S. Border Patrol
Will Border Patrol agents soon become a mainstay at customs border crossings? U.S. Border Patrol agents, who have been apprehending fewer undocumented people each year as a result of tightened...
View ArticleBorder-Related Crime Prevention Gets a Boost from the Department of Homeland...
Southern New Mexico counties have a problem. Although crime at the border is handled by the U.S. Border Patrol, when someone crosses the border and then commits a crime, it is up to the individual...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Agent Pay Structure under Scrutiny
A group of lawmakers recently introduced a plan that would completely change the pay structure for U.S. Border Patrol agents. Specifically, their plan calls for standardizing the compensation program...
View ArticleCBP’s El Centro Sector Fighting Crime Using Thermal Imaging Technology
Criminals aren’t the only ones who are taking advantage of some of the newest technology. Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector, up until this point, didn’t have many tools in their arsenal to...
View ArticleCorpus Christi Receives New CBP Facility
It couldn’t come soon enough. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently unveiled its brand-new, $25 million facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. Rosendo Hinojosa, Chief Patrol Agent of the Rio...
View ArticleOperation Cerberus Proves Successful for El Centro CBP and Partners
Drug trafficking is no match for Operation Cerberus, says the Imperial County Narcotic Task Force (ICNTF). Nearly three years ago, Special Agents with the ICNTF began a wiretap investigation that...
View ArticleRecent Border Patrol Successes
The U.S Border Patrol has been working in overdrive in recent weeks, making a number of high-profile busts and seizures, thereby highlighting the expertise of our nation’s Border Patrol agents and...
View ArticleU.S. Border Patrol Agents in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Testing Advanced ‘Eye...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working with TCOM, worldwide company specializing airborne surveillance systems, to provide the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley in Texas with...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Develops New Guidelines for Dealing with Rock Throwers
We’ve all heard the stories of undocumented immigrants and drug smugglers making their way into the U.S. by throwing rocks at border patrol agents and the border patrol agents who are not allowed to...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Agents Instructed To Exercise Restraint
In response to several fatal shootings recently by Border Patrol personnel, agents have been instructed to show restraint when people along the border throw rocks at them or attempt to flee in cars. In...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Chief Claims Agents Take Too Much Heat for Aggressive Tactics
The United States Border Patrol Chief took issue recently with what he felt was unjust criticism aimed at Border Patrol agents for using deadly force against illegal immigrants. He said that there is a...
View ArticleU.S. Border Patrol Issues Stark Warning about Migrant Children
Traveling along the border between the United States and Mexico can be very dangerous. Not only is it the domain of drug cartels and human smugglers, but those looking to enter the United States...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Finds Two Homes in Texas Housing Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants
Border Patrol agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years as the country continues to struggle with its immigration policy. But, to some extent,...
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