MORE ON: Border Patrol

Daily Report: Money and Politics

Study questions success of border enforcement

November 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
When the Department of Homeland Security trudged up to Capitol Hill this year and asked lawmakers for another 365 days worth of funding, as every federal agency does each year, officials ticked off a list of accomplishments they presented as evidence of the agency’s ongoing success. The... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

At U.S. border, drones generate lots of buzz, few results

June 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. – An aerial drone, zooming somewhere out of sight high above the cooling scrubland, first spotted the group of nearly two dozen migrants. Snaking through the Sonoran Desert on a warm, moonless night last month, the would-be immigrants traversed the rugged... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Ex-Border Patrol brothers fight corruption charges

May 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
Days before U.S. Border Patrol agents Raul and Fidel Villarreal abruptly quit their San Diego posts in June 2006, the brothers scrambled to get their finances in order. Fidel, the older brother, withdrew $10,000 from a bank account. Raul claimed to his insurance carrier that his 2000 Mercedes-... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Threats of terrorism, violence at border overblown, study says

April 26, 2012, 12:05 AM
The threats of terrorism and spillover violence from the Mexican drug war are largely overblown, according to a new report. The report [PDF] found that those threats have led to an increased enforcement presence and a confusing patchwork of federal agencies responsible for border security. The... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Random Border Patrol deployment might aid enforcement, study says

April 16, 2012, 12:05 AM
A little randomness in deploying Border Patrol agents might work best to prevent illegal border crossings, according to a study from the RAND Corp. The study, which was funded by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, found that combining ... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Border Patrol: No known migrant drownings since buoys installed

January 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
The U.S. Border Patrol is waiting before lifesaving buoys installed in the All-American Canal are declared a success – but in the months since the devices were put in place, nobody has died in the fast-moving waters separating Mexico and California. In September, the Imperial Irrigation... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Schwarzenegger calls for 50,000 Border Patrol agents

August 26, 2010, 12:05 AM
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for more than doubling the number of Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border – from the current level of around 18,000 to 50,000. "We have to secure our borders and stop all the mayhem, illegal crossings and the senseless violence,"... + read more
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