US Border Patrol chief triggers alarm over border crisis as he warns of major 'national security threat'

In both fiscal years 2022 and 2023, Border Patrol reported over two million apprehensions of migrants who crossed the southern border illegally, both all-time highs. Read More

Border Patrol union prez’s warning: Biden deflating border numbers, mass amnesty coming

The Biden administration is flying migrants into the US “so that the border doesn’t look as out of control,” the head of the Border Patrol union ... stay up to two years in the country ... Read More

Border Patrol chief warns migrant crisis is a 'national security threat' and says his biggest fear is not the 1million apprehended this year - but the 140,000 'known got-aways'

The US Border ... years. Border Patrol chief Jason Owens said during a sit-down with CBS News that he is mostly concerned with the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who haven't been ... Read More

US voters want more border patrol agents, less asylum seekers allowed: poll

Voters in the United States are increasingly supportive ... key policy proposals to curb illegal border crossings. An increase to the number of border patrol officers was by far the most popular ... Read More

Border Patrol chief admits national security threat as terrorists may be among migrants illegally crossing border

Border Patrol chief Jason Owens called for more stringent penalties against individuals who flout US immigration laws ... national security and if we don’t know who is coming into our country ... Read More

Judge Questions Border Patrol Stand That It's Not Required to Care for Children at Migrant Camps

Judge Questions Border Patrol Stand That It's Not Required to ... “As long as they do not proceed further into the United States,” answered Justice Department attorney Fizza Batool. Read More

Family alleges negligence as eight-year-old migrant girl dies in US Border Patrol custody

On Wednesday, an eight-year-old girl died while under the custody of the US Border Patrol ... disregarded by the Border Patrol agents. “They killed her, they didn't want to help her until ... Read More

US border patrol is responsible for safety of children in migrant camps, judge says

The issue of when the children are officially in border patrol custody is particularly important because of the 1997 court settlement on how migrant children in US government custody must be treated. Read More

Border Patrol chief says not knowing who enters the US illegally, or why, adds up to a ‘national threat’

But Owens told CBS News on Thursday that the law is "not going to stop us from doing our job," and there is "no better partner for the Border Patrol than ... and I don't see that ever stopping ... Read More

Girl, 8, dies in US Border Patrol custody, officials say

Her father reportedly told the consul that she had been operated on in Panama three years ago. Her death appears to be the first in US Border Patrol custody ... though initial data shows US ... Read More

Border News

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is leading about 60 fellow Republicans on a visit to the Mexican border as they demand hard-line immigration policies. The crossing, serving as a direct route to ... Read More