Border Patrol (US)
Border Patrol Agents Face Disciplinary Action for Treatment of Migrants
WASHINGTON — Four Border Patrol agents who were among those responding to Black migrants crossing the southwestern border in Del Rio, Texas, in September are facing disciplinary action for inappropriately using or threatening to use force against them, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on Friday after an internal investigation. The aggressive treatment partly stemmed […]
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How Asylum Seekers Cross the Border
The southern border is seeing a historic spike in migrant crossings. A New York Times photographer documented three ways that people cross the border into the United States. HIDALGO, Texas — Since President Biden took office, migration at the southern border of the United States has increased to levels not seen in decades. Crossings in […]
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How the Police Response in Uvalde Broke Down: No Radio, Old Tactics
One child shouted, “I’m shot,” catching the attention of the gunman. He came back to the spot where the child was lying and shot the student again, killing him, Khloie said. Chief Arredondo arrived at 11:35 a.m., as the first officers began moving into the hallway outside the classroom door. Two minutes later, a lieutenant […]
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Border Patrol Unit Has Played High-Profile Role Before Uvalde
WASHINGTON — In the sprawling distances of South Texas, sheriff’s deputies, local and county police officers, Texas Rangers and Highway Patrol troopers, U.S. Border Patrol agents, immigration officers and other members of law enforcement work together on a daily basis. Along the more than 1,200 miles of border between Mexico and Texas, federal, state and […]
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As Border Crossings Soar, Biden Relies on Shelters to Manage Influx
SAN BENITO, Texas — When seven newly arrived migrants were released from government custody on a recent afternoon with nowhere to stay the night, an emergency shelter in this small border city answered the call, sending a volunteer to make his fifth such pickup of the day from nearby Brownsville. The shelter, La Posada Providencia, […]
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Republicans Blame Homeland Security Secretary for Spike in Migration
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill offered a preview this week of how they plan to attack the Biden administration’s immigration policies as the midterm elections approach, trying to make the homeland security secretary, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, accept blame for a historic spike in migration across the southwest border. During more than eight hours of […]
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C.D.C. Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that it would lift an emergency public health order that had restricted immigration at U.S. land borders since the beginning of the pandemic, citing “current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight Covid-19.” Federal officials expect the policy change, […]
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C.D.C. to Lift Order Restricting Immigration During the Pandemic
Immigration and human rights advocates have said that the order turned out to be former President Donald J. Trump’s most successful measure to limit the number of people getting asylum in the United States. Stephen Miller, the architect of Mr. Trump’s restrictive immigration policies, tweeted on Wednesday that lifting the public health order would be […]
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A Rise in Deadly Border Patrol Chases Renews Accountability Concerns
WASHINGTON — Angie Simms had been searching for her 25-year-old son for a week, filing a missing persons report and calling anyone who might have seen him, when the call came last August. Her son, Erik A. Molix, was in a hospital in El Paso, Texas, where he was strapped to his bed, on a […]
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