At 3 a.m. on a Sunday in April 1919, two mounted watchmen for the U.S. Border Patrol were surveying a segment of the border near El Paso, Texas, when smugglers fatally shot one of them, Clarence M ...

The catastrophic flooding that swept through central Texas on the Fourth of July has the grim distinction of being one of the ...

U.S. Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector made history by welcoming the birth of a new horse, the first foal ever born into a horse patrol detachment in the 100-year ...

On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Border Patrol, Big Bend Sector, held a mock rescue demonstration. This demonstration was held as part of their annual Border Safety Initiative. This border safety initiative ...

As the incoming Trump administration prepares to install a political appointee to run the U.S. Border Patrol for the first time in the agency’s 100-year history, retiring chief Jason Owens said ...

ICE, with only about 6,000 deportation officers, has found a ready partner in the Border Patrol, which is also part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It comes at a time when border arrests ...

No Boundaries The Border Patrol has grown far bigger—and crueler—since its founding 100 years ago. Trump wants to take the gloves all the way off.

It is the first baby horse born into a "horse patrol detachment" in the 100-year history of the Border Patrol. To stream NewsWest9 on your phone, you need the NewsWest9 app. Download the NewsWest9 app ...

A 23-year-old Mexican national named Jovani burst into tears and proclaimed his support for Trump when he was caught by six burly border agents.

With border arrests at the lowest levels in about 60 years, the roughly 20,000 Border Patrol agents are showing up elsewhere. ... Past the 100-mile enforcement zone, Border Patrol agents, ...

We carry out this mission, doing so on horseback, just like it's been done for the past 100 years. We're very proud to do it." A Border Patrol horse patrol agent's day begins by ensuring the ...

The Border Patrol has been quickly growing its ranks of chaplains to help with mounting distress. ... More than 100 migrants have died so far this year in New Mexico's desert, ...