McALLEN, Texas (AP) — In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at the time. Michael Fisher, then deputy chief in ...

Paul Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council — the union representing more than 16,000 frontline agents — joined the Border Patrol in 1997 after serving in the U.S. military.

EL PASO, Texas — For many Mexican-Americans living near the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol was viewed as a federal government agency to be feared. Its agents might raid the factory ...

SALTON CITY, Calif. -- El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two suspected drug smugglers in Salton City Wednesday, after discovering packages of Mexican candy laced with methamphetamine ...

Border Patrol agents moved their operations northward Thursday to California’s capital, targeting a Home Depot in Sacramento, this time more than 500 miles away from the border.

PHOENIX — A Mexican teen was sentenced to 12 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a Border Patrol agent in Arizona, according to the United States ...

Out on Patrol With Armed Vigilantes on US-Mexico Border Tim Foley and his group of volunteers known as the AZBR say they patrol the Arizona border to face-off with Mexican drug cartels.