U.S. Border Patrol

In 30 days, Border Patrol rescues 177 people from Arizona desert

2013-06-15 09:00:00

TUCSON -- U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson region have saved 177 people during the last 30 days in the southern Arizona desert as summer temperatures have reach perilous levels, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials....

In Arizona, border crossings down, but migrant deaths on rise

2013-06-05 15:12:00

TUCSON — The numbers of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally into this country are at historical lows, but a report released Wednesday shows that the death rates among these migrants are at an all-time high in the southern Arizona...

Guatemalan, Mexican nationals among those in fatal Arizona crash

2013-04-22 13:31:00

TUCSON -- It may take several days before officials determine the identities of the five males who died in a crash after the vehicle they were in failed to yield to U.S. Border Patrol agents, officials said Monday. Several other passengers, including...

Border Patrol finds 7 people in tractor-trailer with watermelons

2013-03-28 19:01:00

SAN DIEGO -- Seven people suspected of being illegal immigrants from Mexico were discovered in the Imperial Valley inside a chilled tractor-trailer that was carrying watermelons, the U.S. Border Patrol said. The vehicle was stopped for inspection at 4...

Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see

2013-04-29 19:19:00

SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...

A risky return to the U.S.

2012-12-27 00:00:00

The barrilero never stops moving. All day he wheels cardboard barrels stuffed with used clothing through the narrow aisles of the warehouse. He dumps the apparel atop tables for sorters, who separate nylons from cottons, satins from silks, denims from...

How secure is the U.S.-Mexico border? [Video discussion]

2013-03-11 13:52:04

Obama on immigration: 'Right tone' or 'same old story'?

2013-01-29 16:46:00

LAS VEGAS -- In a telephone news conference after President Obama's speech on immigration, U.S. labor leaders, educators, clergy and civil rights advocates said they were pleased that the White House spelled out the job ahead without partisan undertone....

Former Marine back in the U.S. after months in a Mexican prison

2012-12-22 15:36:00

After spending months in a Mexican prison for attempting to carry his great-grandfather’s shotgun into the country, a former Marine has been released and is back in the United States. Jon Hammar, 27, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,...

Three arrested in iPad burglary from San Diego school

2013-01-30 16:32:26

A father's long battle for his daughters

2012-12-02 16:01:00

Luis Ernesto Rodriguez eyed the metal door as he waited for his little girls. Now 6 and 5 years old, they were his only children, inseparable, with thick black hair and mischievous smiles that reminded people of little mermaids. More than two years...

'Pick up' vans found at Rancho Palos Verdes beach where panga was headed

2012-12-10 11:24:08

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill is now before the full U.S. Senate.

2013-06-12 13:41:41

Fifty Mexican people board a U.S. Border Patrol plane on Sept. 21, 1954, as they are deported from Midway Airport. The group was flown to Brownsville, TX. where they were put on a boat for Veracruz, Mexico.

2013-05-30 09:59:29

A U.S. Border Patrol detainee processing center in McAllen, Texas.

2013-04-11 00:00:00