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Border Report: Sanders Visit ‘Could Be a Turning Page’

By Brooke Binkowski As California’s presidential primary draws near, candidates are visiting the state and making the rounds to press the flesh and talk to voters. Former President Bill Clinton...

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Hearing Reveals Ongoing Civil Rights Abuses at Border Patrol Checkpoints

By: Cassie Estassi Under current law, the Border Patrol is allowed to conduct certain enforcement activities within 100 miles of the U.S-Mexico border that it isn’t permitted to in areas further...

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A board set up to investigate Border Patrol shootings and deaths has cleared...

By Joseph Tanfani In rural Arizona, a border agent shot at and missed a migrant who had cocked his arm to throw a rock. At a California border station, a man died after being hit with a Taser three...

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Letter To The Editor: When Vigilante Militias Patrol the Southern Border

To the Editor: Re “A Do-It-Yourself Tack on Border Patrol” (news article, Dec. 22): Vigilante militia groups patrolling the southern border are unnecessary because we already have the largest law...

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Trump’s Border Wall Could Be Invisible: Pathfinder could be the future of...

By John Knefel A soldier in Afghanistan kneels down, maybe to tie his shoe or set his gear on the ground for a moment. A minute later, he stands up and keeps walking. To the casual observer, nothing...

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Border residents worry about being divided by Trump’s wall

After a concrete and steel border fence went up between McAllen, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, residents of both cities say it’s been tough for people who’ve spent most of their lives seeing the...

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Union-Backed Ronald Vitiello Named to Lead Border Patrol

A career Border Patrol official who was backed by the agents’ union was named Tuesday as chief of the agency, less than a week after his predecessor resigned under pressure. U.S. Customs and Border...

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Border sheriff, businessman take different sides on border wall debate

By Joseph Guzman One day before the new secretary of Homeland Security was scheduled to testify on border security, a Nogales business owner joined critics speaking out Monday against the Trump...

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Voices from the border: Opposing Trump’s wall

Americans living close to the Mexico border voice opposition to policies that falsely conflate immigration and security. On Wednesday, John F Kelly, the head of the US Department of Homeland Security...

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Newly Available Video Footage of Events Leading to Border Death Emerges As...

San Diego, CA –  New footage has recently become available of the events taking place at the Border Patrol station which preceded the 2010 brutal death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas at the hands of...

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