Jun 16 - By Julie Watson, AP Writer
Patricia Lopez's journey toward a better life in the United States ended with a nighttime robbery, a twisted knee and a Border Patrol escort to the frontier — where she was dumped at dawn without a peso in her pocket, 1,575 miles from home.
Jun 11 - By Associated Press
A mob of Canadian Indian protesters hijacked a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle over the weekend and tried to run down a Canadian police officer, police said Saturday.
May 29 - By Lynn Brezosky, AP Writer
The Border Patrol is bigger than ever, but ranch manager Bill Hellen says he is seeing more illegal immigrants than ever.
May 25 - By Associated Press
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says he still has many questions about President Bush's plan to send thousands of National Guard troops to help the U.S. Border Patrol along the country's southern border.
May 22 - By Elliot Spagat, AP Writer
A U.S. attorney disputed a document that stated Border Patrol agents were demoralized by a lack of prosecutions of suspected immigrant smugglers, saying Monday the language reflected an individual's opinion and was not approved for release by Border Patrol management.
May 18 - By Elliot Spagat, AP Writer
The vast majority of people caught smuggling immigrants across the border near San Diego are never prosecuted for the offense, demoralizing the agents making the arrests, according to an internal Border Patrol document obtained by The Associated Press.
May 16 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
Administration officials say they expect National Guard troops to begin deploying in support of the Border Patrol on the U.S. border with Mexico in June, but they have yet to work out many of the key details.
May 15 - By Associated Press
The U.S. Border Patrol dumped concrete Monday into a primitive tunnel discovered last week beneath the U.S.-Mexico border, just yards from a busy border crossing linking San Diego with Tijuana, Mexico.
May 2 - By Lynn Brezosky, AP Writer
Border Patrol agents and their children are starring in Spanish-language television ads warning migrants about the danger of being smuggled in boxcars and truck trailers.
Apr 26 - By Associated Press
An 18-year-old woman who gave birth in the desert used nail clippers to cut her baby girl's umbilical cord before being rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents, authorities said Wednesday.
Apr 25 - By Associated Press
An unmanned aerial drone used to help Border Patrol agents find smugglers and illegal immigrants crashed Tuesday in southern Arizona, authorities said.
Mar 13 - By Arthur H. Rotstein, AP Writer
Frigid temperatures over the weekend killed four illegal immigrants trying to cross the Arizona-Mexico border and forced many others to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Mar 10 - By Elliot Spagat, AP Writer
Two U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to prosecute immigrant smugglers were arrested for allegedly releasing border-crossers in exchange for $300,000 in cash bribes.
Mar 9 - By Suzanne Gamboa, AP Writer
Senators working out an immigration overhaul bill Thursday agreed to further increase the number of Border Patrol agents, but how many they agreed to add was uncertain.
Jan 29 - By Ioan Grillo, AP Writer
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested a Mexican immigration official who was allegedly trying to help a group of undocumented migrants sneak into the United States, the Mexican government said Sunday.
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